#CoverReveal : Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner @NatalieMJenner @StMartinsPress @MacmillanAudio #BloomsburyGirls #HistoricalFiction

Hello Readers! I’m sure you must have seen The Jane Austen Society last year. It was one of my most favourite historical fiction and I’m thrilled to share the news that Natalie has a second novel, Bloomsbury Girls, releasing on May 17, 2022. The novel was inspired by a character in The Jane Austen Society who we all loved, Evie Stone. Check out the cover of this novel packed with more inspiring and endearing characters, and a humorous and heartfelt moments to elevate our spirits during these challenging times. 

Title: Bloomsbury Girls: A Novel
Author: Natalie Jenner 
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: St Martin’s Press (May 17, 2022)
Length: (304) pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1250276698
Audiobook ISBN: 978-1250852311
eBook ASIN: B09CNDV5GJ

Synopsis

“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.

QUOTES FROM AUTHOR NATALIE JENNER

“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.

The cover of Bloomsbury Girls…

Book Links

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BLOOMSBURY GIRLS PAGE AT ST MARTIN’S PRESS – https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bloomsbury-girls/

About Author

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.

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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

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Aug 28          Jane Austen in Vermont

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Aug 30          Margie’s Must Reads

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Aug 31          Laura’s Reviews

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Sept 01         Reading Ladies Book Club

Thank you for reading! Let’s chat…

What do you think about the book and cover? Have you read The Jane Austen Society? Are you excited for Bloomsbury Girls? Are you going to add it TBR?

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