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Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
Pour a cup of tea and settle in for a slow and easy armchair journey back to post-war London where books became an essential part in rebuilding lives and three inspiring women give a charming bookstore a much-needed woman's touch!
Quaint looking Bloomsbury Books has managed to resist change for decades. It’s run by narrow-minded men and their set of 51 rules. When the manager is off due to an illness, the women who’ve not only had enough of unfair treatment but who are also overqualified and underpaid, take matters into their own hands.
Evie Stone, from The Jane Austen Society, is one of the first females to graduate with a degree from Cambridge and has just recently been overlooked for a university position in favour of a less qualified male.
Vivien Lowry, whose fiance has been killed in action, works harder than any other employee yet can’t earn a better position because of societal constraints.
Grace Perkins, has had to put her life on hold after her husband comes home from war-damaged. She’s struggling to hold down a job to support their meagre existence and doesn’t get paid what she deserves.
You’ll read about these women, stifled under the rules and the male-dominated workplace, who go about taking back control, not only for themselves but also for female authors who’ve been denied publicity. I chuckled as they went about rearranging the bookstore, and befriending and promoting famous female authors such as Peggy Guggenheim, Sonia Blair, Daphne Du Maurier, and Ellen Doubleday. I cheered them on as they steadfastly and with purpose, took back control and demanded to be treated as equals.
This is an inspiring story about women taking the reigns and forging a path for themselves.
I was gifted this advance copy by Natalie Jenner, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.
Quaint looking Bloomsbury Books has managed to resist change for decades. It’s run by narrow-minded men and their set of 51 rules. When the manager is off due to an illness, the women who’ve not only had enough of unfair treatment but who are also overqualified and underpaid, take matters into their own hands.
Evie Stone, from The Jane Austen Society, is one of the first females to graduate with a degree from Cambridge and has just recently been overlooked for a university position in favour of a less qualified male.
Vivien Lowry, whose fiance has been killed in action, works harder than any other employee yet can’t earn a better position because of societal constraints.
Grace Perkins, has had to put her life on hold after her husband comes home from war-damaged. She’s struggling to hold down a job to support their meagre existence and doesn’t get paid what she deserves.
You’ll read about these women, stifled under the rules and the male-dominated workplace, who go about taking back control, not only for themselves but also for female authors who’ve been denied publicity. I chuckled as they went about rearranging the bookstore, and befriending and promoting famous female authors such as Peggy Guggenheim, Sonia Blair, Daphne Du Maurier, and Ellen Doubleday. I cheered them on as they steadfastly and with purpose, took back control and demanded to be treated as equals.
This is an inspiring story about women taking the reigns and forging a path for themselves.
I was gifted this advance copy by Natalie Jenner, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.