Wartime for the Shop Girls, Joanna Toye
Wartime for the Shop Girls, Joanna Toye
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Wartime for the Shop Girls

Author: Joanna Toye

Narrator: Becky Wright

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/23/2020

Synopsis

War brings changes three friends could never foresee… ‘Highly recommended’ Anna Jacobs ‘A warm domestic drama’ It’s 1942 and as shortages of staff – and goods – begin to bite, young Lily Collins is nervously stepping up to sales junior at Marlow’s department store. Bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands and brothers goodbye, especially with a baby on the way and grim news on the wireless. Jim, who works with Lily at the store, seems restless, and nothing can prepare Lily for the secrets that come tumbling out when her favourite brother comes home on leave… Somehow, she must keep smiling through. Community, family and friends rally round as her home town – and the whole country – is tested once again.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra on January 07, 2020

Meet Lily Gladys and Beryl again and see how they are coping with the heartaches of war.It's January 1942 and the war and it’s effects are continuing to take their toll on the lives of the inhabitants of the town of Hinton and you feel for them all as they get on with their lives and pray for a futu......more

Goodreads review by Tracey Hewitt on December 06, 2020

This book is the second in the series and follows the life of Lily who works in a local department store during the war. It is the story of her life at work and with her family and friends. I absolutely loved the characters in this book. They were so easy to warm to and there was so much depth to the......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on January 21, 2020

This is the follow up to the fabulous A Store at War and continues the story of Lily Collins who has gone to work at Marlows department store in the Midlands during WW2. I don’t think you need to have read A Store at War to enjoy Wartime for the Shop Girls as lots of background information is there......more

Goodreads review by Diane on January 09, 2020

It was lovely to catch up again with Lily and her family and friends. It’s now 1942 and everyone is struggling with their own problems caused by the ongoing war. Beryl gives birth but doesn’t want to just settle into motherhood and thinks up ideas to start her own business from home. Where as Gladys......more

Quotes

Acclaim for Joanna Toye: ‘…a triumphant debut novel’ ‘’ ‘ with a charmingly forthright heroine’ Anna Jacobs 'Jo writes with a sure hand and a light touch….' Veronica Henry ‘Cheerful and …I thoroughly enjoyed it’ Katie Fforde

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