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Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner is an elegantly written and compelling story of three women as they face the challenges typical of their gender in post-WWII London. The author has done her research well, bringing to life the various levels of society in England of the time. The descriptions of the settings are rich and detailed, adding to the overall appeal of the story.
The three main characters - Vivien, Grace, and Evie - work together at the Bloomsbury Bookstore and each of the women has her own distinct challenges that she must face. Yet while their challenges differ greatly between them, there is also the one constant - the treatment they receive from their male colleagues and their determination to rise above and beyond the roadblocks most of the men in their lives place in their way. While these roadblocks and the women's reactions to them ring true for many female readers, the author effectively communicates how much more difficult things were for women at the time. These difficulties and the women's efforts to succeed despite them make all of the characters compelling and relatable, and readers will be sure to care about how the women progress through the story.
Literary themes abound throughout, as does the name-dropping of various notable personalities in history.
This book is definitely a page-turner and it was difficult to put it down until the very end.
I was lucky to get an ARC of #BloomsburyGirls from #NetGalley.
The three main characters - Vivien, Grace, and Evie - work together at the Bloomsbury Bookstore and each of the women has her own distinct challenges that she must face. Yet while their challenges differ greatly between them, there is also the one constant - the treatment they receive from their male colleagues and their determination to rise above and beyond the roadblocks most of the men in their lives place in their way. While these roadblocks and the women's reactions to them ring true for many female readers, the author effectively communicates how much more difficult things were for women at the time. These difficulties and the women's efforts to succeed despite them make all of the characters compelling and relatable, and readers will be sure to care about how the women progress through the story.
Literary themes abound throughout, as does the name-dropping of various notable personalities in history.
This book is definitely a page-turner and it was difficult to put it down until the very end.
I was lucky to get an ARC of #BloomsburyGirls from #NetGalley.