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Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
Three women, Vivian, Grace, and Evie, are the heroines in this book. All have distinct personalities, problems, and desires. All find themselves working at a bookstore, Bloomsbury Books--the kind of store we can all imagine that we've visited and loved. The men are home from the war and these women all feel, in one way or another, that change is coming, change must come. As their stories unfold, we cheer them on and keep hoping that things will all work out, one way or another. If only the fellows they work with (or went to school with, or are married to, or are in love with) would straighten up and fly right.
This book is both similar to and quite different from Jenner's debut novel, but is definitely a worthy second offering and establishes her as an author I want to keep reading. Similar to, in that Evie Stone was one of those who was involved in the Jane Austen Society (she's still so young and untried, but definitely gets to grow here), and also similar as Evie, Vivian, and Grace stumble onto a few truths that band them together and give them a common goal and foe. Different from in that, it doesn't have anything to do with Jane Austen--except for an exciting spoiler I won't reveal. I'd like to think that something like Bloomsbury Girls could have happened back in the day, and even if not, it is certainly a fun caper to pull so many important female authors and such together. I loved how some modern themes were woven in, yet the book stayed authentic to its time.
Thank you to the publisher for an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book is both similar to and quite different from Jenner's debut novel, but is definitely a worthy second offering and establishes her as an author I want to keep reading. Similar to, in that Evie Stone was one of those who was involved in the Jane Austen Society (she's still so young and untried, but definitely gets to grow here), and also similar as Evie, Vivian, and Grace stumble onto a few truths that band them together and give them a common goal and foe. Different from in that, it doesn't have anything to do with Jane Austen--except for an exciting spoiler I won't reveal. I'd like to think that something like Bloomsbury Girls could have happened back in the day, and even if not, it is certainly a fun caper to pull so many important female authors and such together. I loved how some modern themes were woven in, yet the book stayed authentic to its time.
Thank you to the publisher for an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.