Book Synopsis:
Uplifting and heartwarming: drama, courage and romance at Marlow’s department store this Christmas
For Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls at Marlow’s Department store, another Christmas with ration books, shortages of goods and staff – not to mention a store coping with war damage – will be a real challenge.
But the girls rally round and put their worries aside to make this, the hardest wartime Christmas yet, one that their families, and their town, will never forget.
Christmas For The Shop Girls is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below or through your local indie bookstore.
My Review:
Christmas With The Shop Girls is another fantastic addition to the series and I so enjoyed being back with the wonderful shop girls and bring involved in all their dramas again. Throughout the series they have started to feel like old friends so I’ve felt like I’ve lived everything they’ve been through alongside them. They are a lovely group of friends and the descriptions of their close friendship have been really heartwarming to read about. I often found myself wishing I was a part of their group too.
As i might have mentioned once or twice I’m a huge fan of books set in department stores, especially around Christmas. There’s something lovely about the descriptions of all the displays and Christmas spirit which brings a lovely feel to the book. Department stores aren’t really around anymore so I drank in all the fabulous descriptions of the things they used to sell and the service they used to offer.
I’ve loved this series from the start and I soon found myself absorbed back into the shop girls world. I thought this was quite a fast paced read and there was always something happening to keep me glued to the page. This story had a bit of everything in it from historical details about rationing, that I found fascinating to learn more about, to romance and of course heartbreak too. I now can’t wait for the next book in the series to come out next year.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Harper Collins for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Joanna Toye joined the production team of The Archers after reading English at Cambridge University, and became a scriptwriter for the programme for over twenty years. She has also written a number of spin-off books about the long-running radio drama. On television she has written for Crossroads, Family Affairs, Doctors and EastEnders.
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