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    A Store at War
    A Store at War
    A Store at War
    Audiobook7 hours

    A Store at War

    Written by Joanna Toye

    Narrated by Olivia Dowd

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    'Cheerful and uplifting…I enjoyed it immensely' Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde

    ‘Such a good read!’ 5* Goodreads reviewer

    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 weaves together a strong sense of community with a vivid evocation of a time when every man, woman and child was doing their bit.

    ‘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' Sunday Times bestseller Veronica Henry

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 10, 2019
    ISBN9780008298258
    A Store at War
    Author

    Joanna Toye

    Joanna Toye joined the production team of The Archers after reading English at 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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    • 3/5
      A Store at War is a charming historical novel. Lily Collins is fortunate to secure a position as a junior at Marlow’s, but it is a different type of environment for her. She needs to think before she acts (that is going to be a challenge). Lily also tends to speak her mind and is headstrong. She makes friends with Gladys and Jim. Jim stumbles upon a scheme and confides in Lily. They want to find a way to stop the enterprise before it ruins Marlow’s. I liked the various characters in the story, and we see that people put on appearances. We do not know what is going on in their lives until we take the time to get to know an individual. I thought A Store at War was nicely written and it proceeded at a gentle pace. It was interesting to learn what happened when an air raid siren went off while one is shopping in a department store. There were also a number of rules for shop assistants to follow (including appearance and proper etiquette). They had to know their merchandise and where it was located. We get a glimpse of what life was like during World War II in England (rationing, air raids, blackouts, bombings). During and after the war, they had to make do and mend (new and used clothing were hard to come by). We see at the end of the book that there is more to come. I wonder what will happen in Wartime for the Shop Girls.