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Bloomsbury Girls

The heart-warming bestseller of female friendship and dreams
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Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner is set in post-war London and follows the lives of three women working in an old-fashioned bookshop. The story highlights their struggles and aspirations as they navigate the male-dominated world of bookselling, each striving to assert her own voice and dreams in a time of societal change. Filled with charm, intrigue, and the love of literature, the novel offers a glimpse into a world on the verge of transformation.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in a post-World War II setting with a focus on strong female characters navigating a male-dominated world. This historical fiction weaves together themes of friendship, ambition, and empowerment as it explores the lives of the women working in a London bookshop. If you appreciate stories of resilience and transformation during changing times, this narrative might just captivate you.

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Bloomsbury Girls

One bookshop. Fifty-one rules. Three women who break them all.

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1950. Bloomsbury Books on London's Lamb's Conduit Street has resisted change for 100 years, run by men and guided by the manager's unbreakable rules. But after the turmoil of war in Europe, the world is changing, and the women in the shop have plans.

The brilliant and stylish Vivien Lowry, still grieving her fiancé who was killed in action, has a long list of grievances, the biggest of which is Alec McDonough, the head of fiction.

Loyal Grace Perkins is torn between duty and dreams of her own while struggling to support her family following her husband's breakdown.

Fiercely bright Evie Stone was one of the first female Cambridge students to earn a degree but was denied an academic position in favour of a less accomplished male rival. Now she plans to remake her own future.

As these Bloomsbury girls interact with literary figures of the time—among them Daphne du Maurier, Samuel Beckett, and Peggy Guggenheim—Vivien, Grace and Evie plot out a richer and more rewarding future.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780749028190

Publisher: Allison & Busby

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Allison & Busby

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 432

About the Author

Natalie Jenner's debut novel The Jane Austen Society was an instantinternational bestseller. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie hasbeen a corporate law yer, career coach and, most recently, an independentbookstore owner. She lives in Ontario, Canada.

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