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A Store At War (The Shop Girls 1)
Joanna Toye
A nostalgic and gripping novel about wartime life in a town’s department store.
1941. With men being drafted to fight, Lily Collins’ secures a job as a junior on sales within the hallowed halls of town department store Marlow’s, whose windows filled with glossy, expensive goods have fascinated her since childhood. The day she starts work is the first time she’s ever set foot through the doors.
As bombs drop and shortages intensify, Lily progresses from a nervous junior to a spirited and confident young woman torn between the possibility of romance and her love for the store.
With the war progressing to crisis point, Lily’s friends and family must battle rationing, bombings and the absence of loved ones to keep soldiering on. A Store at War weaves a powerful sense of community together with the vivid evocation of a time when every man, woman and child was doing their bit.
1941. With men being drafted to fight, Lily Collins’ secures a job as a junior on sales within the hallowed halls of town department store Marlow’s, whose windows filled with glossy, expensive goods have fascinated her since childhood. The day she starts work is the first time she’s ever set foot through the doors.
As bombs drop and shortages intensify, Lily progresses from a nervous junior to a spirited and confident young woman torn between the possibility of romance and her love for the store.
With the war progressing to crisis point, Lily’s friends and family must battle rationing, bombings and the absence of loved ones to keep soldiering on. A Store at War weaves a powerful sense of community together with the vivid evocation of a time when every man, woman and child was doing their bit.
GENRE
Historical; War; Women's Fiction
UK PUBLICATION
January 2018
Historical; War; Women's Fiction
UK PUBLICATION
January 2018
Praise
"Highly recommended – an engrossing story with a charmingly forthright heroine."
Anna Jacobs
"It's a real page-turner with a spirited heroine who will worm her way into readers' hearts. A sparkling new voice in fiction."
Veronica Henry
"Captivating…a triumphant debut novel."
Woman's Weekly
"Cheerful and uplifting... I enjoyed it immensely."
Katie Fforde
Anna Jacobs
"It's a real page-turner with a spirited heroine who will worm her way into readers' hearts. A sparkling new voice in fiction."
Veronica Henry
"Captivating…a triumphant debut novel."
Woman's Weekly
"Cheerful and uplifting... I enjoyed it immensely."
Katie Fforde
Also by Joanna Toye
The Shop Girls series
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Rights Sales for A STORE AT WAR
World English Language: HarperCollins