The Society of Shame

ΓÇ£If you liked Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus,read The Society of Shame by Jane Roper.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöThe Washington Post In this timely and witty combination of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and Where’d You GoBernadette? a viral photo of a politician’s wife’s ΓÇ£feminine hygiene malfunctionΓÇ¥ catapults her to unwanted fame in a story that’s both a satire of social media stardom and internet activismand a tender mother-daughter tale. Kathleen HeldΓÇÖs life is turned upside down when she arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband on the front lawn in his underwear. But the scandal that emerges is not that Billwho’s running for Senateis having a painfully cliched affair with one of his young staffers: it’s that the eyewitness photographing the scene accidentally captures a period stain on the back of KathleenΓÇÖs pants. OvernightKathleen finds herself the unwitting figurehead for a social media-centered womenΓÇÖs right movement#YesWeBleed. HumiliatedKathleen desperately seeks a way to hide from the spotlight. But when she stumbles upon the Society of ShameΓÇöled by the infamous author Danica BellevueΓÇöKathleen finds herself part of a group who are all working to change their lives after their own scandals. Using the teachings of the societyKathleen channels her newfound fame as a means to reap the benefits of her humiliation and reclaim herself. But as she ascends to celebrity statusKathleen’s growing obsession with maintaining her popularity online threatens her most important relationship IRL: that with her budding activist daughterAggie. Hilarious and heartfeltThe Society of Shame is a pitch-perfect romp through politics and the perils of being \