A Store at War, Joanna Toye
A Store at War, Joanna Toye
List: $24.99 | Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.49

A Store at War

Author: Joanna Toye

Narrator: Olivia Dowd

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/10/2019


Synopsis

'Cheerful and uplifting…I enjoyed it immensely' bestseller Katie Fforde It’s 1941 and as the air raid sirens blare, Lily Collins is starting work in Midlands department store Marlow’s. She learns the ropes from her sophisticated boss Miss Frobisher alongside shy fellow junior Gladys. But her friendship with young salesman Jim draws her into a swirl of secrets. And with the war progressing to crisis point, Cedric Marlow and his staff must battle nightly bombings and the absence of loved ones to keep going. A Store at War ‘Cheerful and uplifting… I enjoyed it immensely’ Katie Fforde ‘Highly recommended’ Anna Jacobs 'A real page-turner with a spirited heroine…A sparkling new voice in fiction' bestseller Veronica Henry ‘Such a good read!’ 5* Goodreads reviewer

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen

Thanks to the publishers and netgalley for a free copy in return for an open and honest review. The book itself set in a small town in warwickshire during the second world war and follows the lifes of different characters in a provencial department store and this is an easy going read but felt howeve......more

2.5 Stars Rightly or wrongly, from the title I was expecting something a little more Mr Selfridge from this book. The setting of Marlow's Department Store is really just a device to bring together Lily with Grace, Jim and Betsy and there was sadly little about the store within the book. I was hoping......more

Loved it The year is 1941 Lily Collins starts work at Marlows the biggest department store in the Midlands as a junior . There's a war on, a relaxing witty feel good book, I found so uplifting, you find yourself drawn into the characters as you read. All the bombing going on around and the store keep......more


Quotes

'Jo writes with a sure hand and a light touch…It's a real page-turner with a spirited heroine who will worm her way into readers' hearts. A sparkling new voice in fiction.' Veronica Henry ‘Cheerful and uplifting…I enjoyed it immensely’ Katie Fforde ‘Highly recommended – an engrossing story with a charmingly forthright heroine’ Anna Jacobs ‘Captivating…a triumphant debut novel’