Christmas for the Shop Girls

I just adored this book. This was my first encounter with the shop girls and now realising there are other books in this series (and another to come!) I know I’m in for a treat. This book was such a fantastic read and an unexpected little gem of a find. It smashed all my expectations and I immediate......more

A wonderful account of what it was like during WWII while trying to make ends meet during rationing times. Great characters and a great storyline which took me back to my youth visiting shops like this in Scotland. Everything was so precise and store girls treated you well. They dressed well and jus......more

A department store with its variety of workers in the centre of the community will always be a source of interest and drama, and this novel features Marlow’s in April 1943. This novel is actually the fourth in the series, but I have had the pleasure of reading it as a standalone, so I can confirm th......more

Christmas for the Shop Girls feels like a warm hug in a time when everything in our own lives are not quite sure, but reading this, shows that there is more hope than one can imagine. There are many layers to this book, which unravels slowly like a present being unwrapped on Christmas Day and many t......more