Pub May 2022--no paperback, no audiobook

The author said “Bloomsbury Girls is about three women (including Evie Stone from my first novel The Jane Austen Society) working in a London bookshop in 1950 and engaged in an ongoing battle of the sexes with the male department heads. I call it Mad Men meets You've Got Mail! If The Jane Austen Society was my valentine to Austen, my second book is my tribute--as a former bookshop owner myself--to the magic of bookstores and the way they bring together people from so many different walks of life.

Kay says: Fiction with some real-life characters (Daphne du Maurier!) and reference to first American bookshop owned by a woman. Real storytelling about all the characters, easy to follow, optimistic for women changing things and just plain fun to read. Plus, bookstore life is fascinating and detailed. So good!