CD Audiobook
Bloomsbury girls [sound recording] / Natalie Jenner.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250852311
- Physical Description: 10 audio discs (12.5 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Macmillan Audio, [2022]
- Copyright: ℗2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact disc. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Juliet Stevenson. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Bookstores > Fiction. Sexism > Fiction. Women booksellers > Fiction. Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952 > Fiction. London (England) > History > 20th century. |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. Historical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | CD FIC Jenne | 31681010279339 | CDFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Three woman in post-war England working in a rare book store interact with era-appropriate literary figures, including Daphne Du Maurier and Samuel Beckett, as they each try to find their way in a rapidly-changing world. - McMillan Palgrave
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Katie Couric Media, Audible, the CBC, the Globe and Mail, BookBub, POPSUGAR, SheReads, Women.com and more!
"Juliet Stevenson's performance of this novel about a post-WWII bookshop is vocal virtuosity." âAudioFile
Multi-award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson narrates this Earphones Awardâwinning, heartwarming audiobook from the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society. Natalie Jenner returns with a compelling story of postwar London, a century-old bookstore, and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world in Bloomsbury Girls.
Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare book store that has persisted and resisted change for a hundred years, run by men and guided by the general manager's unbreakable fifty-one rules. But in 1950, the world is changing, especially the world of books and publishing, and at Bloomsbury Books, the girls in the shop have plans:
Vivien Lowry: Single since her aristocratic fiance was killed in action during World War II, the brilliant and stylish Vivien has a long list of grievances--most of them well justified and the biggest of which is Alec McDonough, the Head of Fiction.
Grace Perkins: Married with two sons, she's been working to support the family following her husband's breakdown in the aftermath of the war. Torn between duty to her family and dreams of her own.
Evie Stone: In the first class of female students from Cambridge permitted to earn a degree, Evie was denied an academic position in favor of her less accomplished male rival. Now she's working at Bloomsbury Books while she plans to remake her own future.
As they interact with various literary figures of the time--Daphne Du Maurier, Ellen Doubleday, Sonia Blair (widow of George Orwell), Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim, and others--these three women with their complex web of relationships, goals and dreams are all working to plot out a future that is richer and more rewarding than anything society will allow.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.
