Wartime for the shop girls / Joanna Toye.
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TextSeries: Toye, Joanna. Shop girls ; bk. 2.Publisher: Leicester [England] : Thorpe, 2020Edition: Large print editionDescription: 348 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750548427; 0750548428Subject(s): Department stores -- Fiction | Women clerks (Retail trade) -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books. Summary: 1942: As shortages of staff - and goods - begin to bite, young Lily Collins is nervously stepping up to sales junior at Marlow's department store. Bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands and brothers goodbye, especially with a baby on the way and grim news on the wireless. Jim, who works with Lily at the store, seems restless, and nothing can prepare Lily for the secrets that come tumbling out when her favourite brother comes home on leave... Somehow, she must keep smiling through. Community, family and friends rally round as her home town - and the whole country - is tested once again.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | F TOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 06/06/2024 | 31111077433355 |
1942: As shortages of staff - and goods - begin to bite, young Lily Collins is nervously stepping up to sales junior at Marlow's department store. Bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands and brothers goodbye, especially with a baby on the way and grim news on the wireless. Jim, who works with Lily at the store, seems restless, and nothing can prepare Lily for the secrets that come tumbling out when her favourite brother comes home on leave... Somehow, she must keep smiling through. Community, family and friends rally round as her home town - and the whole country - is tested once again.
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