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Natalie Jenner

Join us on Zoom on Wednesday, July 13 at 7 PM as Natalie Jenner, author of  The Jane Austen Society, will talk about her new novel, Bloomsbury Girls. She will be joined in conversation by Jennifer Rosner, author of The Yellow Bird Sings.

About the Book

Natalie Jenner, 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 in Bloomsbury Girls.

Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare book store 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 fiance 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.

About the Author

Natalie Jenner is the internationally bestselling author of THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY and BLOOMSBURY GIRLS. A USA Today and #1 national bestseller, THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY was named one of the best books of 2020 by Goodreads and has been sold for translation in twenty-one countries. BLOOMSBURY GIRLS released in May 2022 and is a June Indie Next Pick and People Magazine Book of the Week. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie has been a corporate lawyer, career coach and, most recently, an independent bookstore owner in Oakville, Ontario, where she lives with her family and two rescue dogs.

About Jennifer Rosner

 

 Jennifer Rosner is author of THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS, called "exquisite, heart-rending...an absolutely beautiful and necessary novel" by The New York Times Book Review and a Finalist for the 2020 National Jewish Book Award. Her previously published books include the memoir, IF A TREE FALLS: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard, and the picture book, THE MITTEN STRING, a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable. Her forthcoming novel, ONCE WE WERE HOME, will be published in 2023.  In addition to writing, Jennifer teaches philosophy. She received her BA from Columbia University and her Ph.D. from Stanford University, and lives in western MA with her family.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 7:00pm
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$27.99
ISBN: 9781250276698
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Published: St. Martin's Press - May 17th, 2022

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