This is a new experience for me, a cover reveal! It's not something I've ever had any desire to participate in, before (and I can't say whether or not I'll do it again). But, I read and loved The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner, last year, so I was actually quite eager to see what her next book cover would look like — and, of course, I'm eager to read the book. Here's a link to my review:
Bloomsbury Girls is Natalie Jenner's second book and will be released by St. Martin's Press on May 17, 2022.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
"One bookshop. Fifty-one rules. Three women who break them all."
The Internationally Bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore, and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world. Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare bookstore 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 fiancé 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.
QUOTES FROM NATALIE JENNER:
"I never intended for Evie Stone to be a major character in my debut novel, let alone inspire my second one, Bloomsbury Girls. But as time went on, I found I could not leave her behind in Chawton with the other society members. And then one day I rewatched a favorite movie, 84 Charing Cross Road, and I remember thinking, there's a whole other story in her still to be told, of an upstairs-downstairs motley crew of booksellers, and right away the figures came to life."
"As with The Jane Austen Society, Bloomsbury Girls features multiple characters and storylines revolving around one very charming location: this time the quintessential Dickensian-type bookshop."
"If The Jane Austen Society was the book I wrote when I was coming out of sadness, Bloomsbury Girls was written when I was very happy, and I hope it provides a little cheer to readers during this difficult time."
The hard part is definitely going to be the wait. Preorder links and a link to more information are below the image. I can't wait to read Bloomsbury Girls. It sounds like this WWII-gobbling bookstore-loving bookfool's dream. And . . . ta da!
PURCHASE LINKS
AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | INDIEBOUND | KOBO | GOOGLE PLAY | GOODREADS
BLOOMSBURY GIRLS PAGE AT ST MARTIN’S PRESS
https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bloomsbury-girls/
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Lol Nancy, I hope this doesn't put you off - but I know what you mean, it's all new to me, too, and I am truly honoured that you decided to share my upcoming book with your audience in this way. I can't wait for you to read BG - stay well, and thanks again!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Natalie! Nope, I'm not put off at all. I am absolutely thrilled that you've written a second book and can't wait to read it. Hope you sell a million!
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