Here is a link to my blog post about The Jane Austen Society including my review-https://bit.ly/2ZBe1KT
Here's a quote from Natalie Jenner about her upcoming post WWII historical novel
“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 favourite movie,
84 Charing Cross Road, and I remember thinking, there's a whole other story in
here 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.
Here's an overview of Bloomsbury Girls
“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.
Pre-Order 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/
Are You Ready!Ta Da!!!!
AUTHOR BIO
Natalie Jenner is the author of two books, the instant international
bestseller THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY and BLOOMSBURY GIRLS. A Goodreads Choice
Award finalist for best debut novel and historical fiction, THE JANE AUSTEN
SOCIETY was a USA Today and #1 national bestseller and has been sold for
translation in twenty countries. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie
has been a corporate lawyer, a career coach and, most recently, an independent
bookstore owner in Oakville, Ontario, where she lives with her family and two
rescue dogs.
WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | GOODREADS
Be sure and visit all the cover reveal posts!
COVER REVEAL SCHEDULE
Aug 26 The Silver
Petticoat Review
Aug 26 Austenprose
Aug 26 Relz Reviewz
Aug 26 The Calico Critic
Aug 26 Bookfoolery
Aug 26 Lu Reviews Books
Aug 26 Confessions of a
Book Addict
Aug 26 Savvy Verse and
Wit
Aug 27 Chicks, Rogues and Scandals
Aug 27 Life of
Literature
Aug 27 Cup of Tea with
that Book Please
Aug 27 Gwendalyn’s Books
Aug 27 The Green
Mockingbird
Aug 27 History Lizzie
Aug 27 Books, Teacups
& Reviews
Aug 28 The Interests of a Jane Austen Girl
Aug 28 Literary
Quicksand
Aug 28 Bookish Rantings
Aug 28 Jane Austen in
Vermont
Aug 29 Robin Loves
Reading
Aug 29 The Lit Bitch
Aug 30 Margie's Must
Reads
Aug 30 Syrie James
Aug 30 The Reading
Frenzy
Aug 31 Laura's Reviews
Sept 01 Nurse Bookie
Sept 01 Probably at the Library
Sept 01 Reading Ladies
Book Club
I am so glad you like the cover & thrilled you agreed to participate in the cover reveal these past few days - it's making me so excited to share the story!! I can't wait for you to read the advance edition coming later this fall - thank you for all your support!
ReplyDeleteNatalie it was my pleasure I so loved The Jane Austen Society so I know I'll love Bloomsbury Girls xo
DeleteYep, gonna be reading this one and love that cover to match the blurb.
ReplyDeleteI know right
DeleteOh yummie! I listened to The Jane Austen Society so will need to look to see if I can get this on audio too. Will love meeting up with Evie again. And I didn't know this was coming.
ReplyDeleteYeah it was a shock to me too but a happy one :)
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