The Wartime Bookshop
The first in a heart-warming WWII saga series about community and friendship, from the bestselling author
$22.83
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2022
Summary
The start of an uplifting WWII saga series about a community-run bookshop in a small Hertfordshire village, perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Elaine Everest.
Alice is nursing an injured hand and a broken heart when she moves to the village of Churchwood at the start of WWII. She is desperate to be independent but worries that her injuries will make that impossible.
Kate lives with her family on Brimbles Farm, where her father and brothers treat her no better than a servant…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529177350 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529177359 |
| Author: | Lesley Eames |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 293g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 127mm x 198mm |
| Series: | The Wartime Bookshop |
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Critics Review
‘I enjoyed The Wartime Bookshop . Well written, well researched and likeable… It was uplifting to see Kate, Alice and Naomi slowly change and, through the bookshop, reach their potential’
‘A cosy winter read if ever there was one… a refreshingly comforting book telling the story of a little village, with some wonderful character developments in the process’ * Anything Goes Lifestyle Magazine, Book of the Month *
‘A delightful wartime saga about a young girl making a difference in her new village… a story that illustrates how kindness and refusing to give up can change so much. It is also a sweet love story… Beautiful book and I loved it’ * Rosie Clarke, author of the Mulberry Lane series *
‘If you enjoy wartime dramas such as Home Fires you’ll love The Wartime Bookshop’ * Yours Magazine *
‘Written by Lesley Eames, an author with romance at heart, The Wartime Bookshop is a wholesome novel questioning how friendship can be the answer. Snuggle up and experience her storytelling for yourself’ * Chat Magazine, Book of the Month *
‘A pleasure to read for anyone who enjoys a good wartime saga’ * Lizzie Lane, author of The Tobacco Girls *
‘A real cosy novel of women and friendship. I’m looking forward to seeing what this threesome gets up to next’ * Bishop’s Stortford Independent *
‘Heartwarming… an uplifting tale with well-drawn characters’ * Candis Magazine *
‘I enjoyed The Wartime Bookshop. Well written, well researched and likeable… It was uplifting to see Kate, Alice and Naomi slowly change and, through the bookshop, reach their potential’ * Fenella J. Miller, author of Duty Calls at Goodwill House *
‘A delight from start to finish - the perfect comfort read!’ * Vicki Beeby, author of The Ops Girls series *
‘Filled with a treasure trove of well-drawn characters that leap from the page, and a plot that’s well paced, well written and brilliantly researched. I could spend hours in the company of Alice, Kate and Naomi who by the end felt like firm friends. The Wartime Bookshop is a must-read for all saga fans’ * Fiona Ford, author of The Liberty Girls series *
Lesley Eames
Lesley is an author of historical sagas with settings ranging from the early 1900s through the Roaring 20s to World War II. Her first series was the Wartime Bookshop. Her new series is The Wartime Newspaper Girls.
Lesley is thrilled to have enjoyed success in competitions as varied as crime writing to writing for children. She is particularly honoured to have won the Festival of Romance’s New Talent Award, the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Elizabeth Goudge Trophy and to have been shortlisted in the UK Romantic Novel Awards (RONAs) three times.
Lesley is also a creative-writing tutor and mentor.
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