If you like me read and loved Natalie Jenner's The Jane Austen Society, you'll be happy to know there's a new book coming, Bloomsbury Girls. Evie Stone, one of the characters of Natalie's debut novel, is now one of the three protagonists of a new story set in 1950. I can't wait to read it and I've joined the cover reveal blog tour to share the good news with you all!
ABOUT THE BOOK
“One
bookshop. Fifty-one rules. Three women who break them all.”
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.
Bloomsbury
Books is an old-fashioned new and rare bookstore 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 fiancé
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.
HERE'S THE BOOK COVER!
QUOTES
FROM AUTHOR NATALIE JENNER
“I never
intended for Evie Stone to be a major character in my debut novel, let alone
inspire my second one, Bloomsbury Girls. But as time went on, I found I
could not leave her behind in Chawton with the other society members. And then
one day I rewatched a favourite movie, 84 Charing Cross Road, and I remember
thinking, there's a whole other story in here still to be told, of an
upstairs-downstairs motley crew of booksellers, and right away the figures came
to life.”
“As with The
Jane Austen Society, Bloomsbury Girls features multiple characters
and storylines revolving around one very charming location: this time, the
quintessential Dickensian-type bookshop.”
“If The
Jane Austen Society was the book I wrote when I was coming out of sadness, Bloomsbury
Girls was written when I was very happy, and I hope it provides a little
cheer to readers during this difficult time.
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& NOBLE | INDIEBOUND | KOBO | GOOGLE PLAY | GOODREADS
BLOOMSBURY GIRLS PAGE AT ST MARTIN’S PRESS
https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bloomsbury-girls/
AUTHOR
BIO
Natalie
Jenner is the author
of two books, the instant international bestseller THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY and
BLOOMSBURY GIRLS. A Goodreads Choice Award finalist for best debut novel and
historical fiction, THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY was a USA Today and #1 national
bestseller and has been sold for translation in twenty countries. Born in
England and raised in Canada, Natalie has been a corporate lawyer, a career
coach and, most recently, an independent bookstore owner in Oakville, Ontario,
where she lives with her family and two rescue dogs.
3 comments:
Thanks for sharing the news, Maria. I am really excited for your to read Bloomsbury Girls and share your impressions. I loved it. Best, LA
I'm really looking forward to reading it! Thank you, Laurel Ann 🥰
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