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Christmas for the Shop Girls
- Author
- Joanna Toye
- Narrator
- Becky Wright
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 29 October 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
For Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls at Marlow’s Department store, another Christmas with ration books, shortages of goods and staff – not to mention a store coping with war damage – will be a real challenge.
But the girls rally round and put their worries aside to make this, the hardest wartime Christmas yet, one that their families, and their town, will never forget.
Critics Review
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Praise for Christmas for the Shop Girls:
'A warm and wonderfully page-turning read, showing the power of good friends and family when times are tough' Annie Groves
‘The scene’s set for family drama, community spirit and love in this warm, compassionate read’ The People’s Friend
Praise for Joanna Toye:
‘Captivating…a triumphant debut novel’ Women’s Weekly
'Jo writes with a sure hand and a light touch…a real page-turner with a spirited heroine who will worm her way into readers' hearts. A sparkling new voice in fiction.' Veronica Henry
‘Cheerful and uplifting…I thoroughly enjoyed it’ Katie Fforde
‘Highly recommended – an engrossing story with a charmingly forthright heroine’ Anna Jacobs
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Details
- Author
- Joanna Toye
- Narrator
- Becky Wright
- Duration
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9780008298777
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical fiction
Synopsis
Uplifting and heartwarming: drama, courage and romance at Marlow’s department store this Christmas For Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls at Marlow’s Department store, another Christmas with ration books, shortages of goods and staff – not to mention a store coping with war damage – will be a real challenge. But the girls rally round and put their worries aside to make this, the hardest wartime Christmas yet, one that their families, and their town, will never forget.
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