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Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
✨ Review ✨ Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
I admit I was a little bit hesitant about this one of reading some of the reviews but I LIVED for the slow gentle pace of this book.
Bloomsbury Girls centers on the stories of three women in the 1950s UK bookstore Bloomsbury Books. It explores their efforts to make innovative contributions to the store despite the limiting men surrounding them. It explores their quests, their love lives, and ultimately, their desires for gaining more control of the store in a world that still favored men.
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Genre: historical fiction, women's fiction
Location: London
Pub Date: out now!
I reveled in the slow pace of this book, and loved the everyday sorts of adventures explored here. I loved how it integrated women's efforts to gain more control in the workplace, alongside the coterie of authors and their spouses who appear in this book. It was such a celebration of books and literature alongside a growing sense of feminism. The 1950s postwar setting was also really compelling as these women and those surrounding them had to adapt in a rapidly changing world. In this way, it gave me almost Downton Alley vibes as they reconciled with post-WWI life (but with the focus on more common working/middle-class folks).
With all that said, this certainly isn't a book for everyone. I can see where its slow pace and historical setting might turn some off. However, this was really lovely and the perfect audiobook to get me through a long car ride!
(NOTE, this is somewhat of a sequel to the Jane Austin Society, and while it references with book with some regularity, it made sense without reading it first. I do think having read it, I'd have had greater appreciation for some of the characters.)
Read this if you like:
⭕️ BOOKS and bookstores
⭕️ strong female characters
⭕️ quests to find hidden books
⭕️ 1950s postwar narratives of change and adaptation
⭕️ love stories that occur as "side stories" in a larger narrative
Thanks to Macmillan Audio, St. Martin's Press, and #netgalley for an advanced audio and e-copies of this book!
I admit I was a little bit hesitant about this one of reading some of the reviews but I LIVED for the slow gentle pace of this book.
Bloomsbury Girls centers on the stories of three women in the 1950s UK bookstore Bloomsbury Books. It explores their efforts to make innovative contributions to the store despite the limiting men surrounding them. It explores their quests, their love lives, and ultimately, their desires for gaining more control of the store in a world that still favored men.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: historical fiction, women's fiction
Location: London
Pub Date: out now!
I reveled in the slow pace of this book, and loved the everyday sorts of adventures explored here. I loved how it integrated women's efforts to gain more control in the workplace, alongside the coterie of authors and their spouses who appear in this book. It was such a celebration of books and literature alongside a growing sense of feminism. The 1950s postwar setting was also really compelling as these women and those surrounding them had to adapt in a rapidly changing world. In this way, it gave me almost Downton Alley vibes as they reconciled with post-WWI life (but with the focus on more common working/middle-class folks).
With all that said, this certainly isn't a book for everyone. I can see where its slow pace and historical setting might turn some off. However, this was really lovely and the perfect audiobook to get me through a long car ride!
(NOTE, this is somewhat of a sequel to the Jane Austin Society, and while it references with book with some regularity, it made sense without reading it first. I do think having read it, I'd have had greater appreciation for some of the characters.)
Read this if you like:
⭕️ BOOKS and bookstores
⭕️ strong female characters
⭕️ quests to find hidden books
⭕️ 1950s postwar narratives of change and adaptation
⭕️ love stories that occur as "side stories" in a larger narrative
Thanks to Macmillan Audio, St. Martin's Press, and #netgalley for an advanced audio and e-copies of this book!