Bloomsbury Girls

By: Natalie Jenner

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

One bookshop. Fifty-one rules. Three women who break them all.

1950. Bloomsbury Books on London’s Lamb’s Conduit Street has resisted change for 100 years, run by men and guided by the manager's unbreakable rules. But after the turmoil of war in Europe, the world is changing, and the women in the shop have plans.

The brilliant and stylish Vivien Lowry, still grieving her fiancé who was killed in action, has a long list of grievances, the biggest of which is Alec McDonough, the head of fiction.

Loyal Grace Perkins is torn between duty and dreams of her own while struggling to support her family following her husband's breakdown.

Fiercely bright Evie Stone was one of the first female Cambridge students to earn a degree but was denied an academic position in favour of a less accomplished male rival. Now she plans to remake her own future.

As these Bloomsbury girls interact with literary figures of the time among them Daphne du Maurier, Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim, Vivien, Grace and Evie plot out a richer and more rewarding future.

©2022 Natalie Jenner (P)2022 Allison & Busby Ltd

Critic reviews

"A timely and beautiful ode to ambition, friendship, bookshops and the written word." (Janet Skeslien Charles, author of The Paris Library)

"Fans of 84 Charing Cross Road will be delighted." (Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures)

"A book lover's dream." (Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary)

Delightful Story of Women Coming Into Their Own

This story’s depth and authenticity pull the listener in. Excellent narration adds to the engaging experience.