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Bloomsbury girls / Natalie Jenner.

Jenner, Natalie, (author.).

Summary:
"Natalie Jenner, the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society, returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore, and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world in Bloomsbury Girls. Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare book store that has persisted and resisted change for a hundred years, run by men and guided by the general manager's unbreakable fifty-one rules. But in 1950, the world is changing, especially the world of books and publishing, and at Bloomsbury Books, the girls in the shop have plans: Vivien Lowry: Single since her aristocratic fiance was killed in action during World War II, the brilliant and stylish Vivien has a long list of grievances--most of them well justified and the biggest of which is Alec McDonough, the Head of Fiction. Grace Perkins: Married with two sons, she's been working to support the family following her husband's breakdown in the aftermath of the war. Torn between duty to her family and dreams of her own. Evie Stone: In the first class of female students from Cambridge permitted to earn a degree, Evie was denied an academic position in favor of her less accomplished male rival. Now she's working at Bloomsbury Books while she plans to remake her own future. As they interact with various literary figures of the time--Daphne Du Maurier, Ellen Doubleday, Sonia Blair (widow of George Orwell), Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim, and others--these three women with their complex web of relationships, goals and dreams are all working to plot out a future that is richer and more rewarding than anything society will allow"-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250276698
  • ISBN: 1250276691
  • Physical Description: 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2022]
Subject: Women booksellers > Fiction.
Bookstores > Fiction.
Sexism > Fiction.
London (England) > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952 > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.
Novellas.

Available copies

  • 41 of 47 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 47 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION JENNER (Text) 50687011778589 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION JENNER (Text) 50686016173630 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F JEN (Text) 33240004965417 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Jen (Text)
Memorial: In remembrance of Dorothy Nestlerode by Dennis and Jane Marasco
00155172 ADULT Fiction Available -
Bernville Area Community Library JEN (Text) 33249023893013 Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION JENNER (Text) 50688010817659 Adult Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library FICTION JENNER (Text) 50689010453818 Adult Fiction Available -
Degenstein Community Library FIC JENNER (Text) 35031301226890 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults JEN Fiction (Text) 34001001415460 Adult Area Available -
DuBois Public Library FIC JENNER (Text)
Memorial: In Memory of Dr. Manjula Shah
61000100083365 Adult Fiction Available -


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