{"product_id":"the-wartime-bookshop-9781529177350","title":"The Wartime Bookshop","description":"\u003cb\u003eAlice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emoves to the village of Churchwood with her retired father just as WWII breaks out. \u003c\/b\u003eShe is desperate to be useful but, nursing both an injured hand and a broken heart, she expects her prospects of finding employment are poor, and worries that she won't fit in with her new community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate lives with her family on Brimbles Farm, where her father and brothers treat her no better than a servant. \u003c\/b\u003eWith no mother or sisters, and shunned by the locals, Kate longs for a friend of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi is a wealthy 'take-charge' sort of woman, who is looked up to for owning the best house in the village.\u003c\/b\u003e But privately, she carries the hurts of childlessness, a husband who has little time for her and a deep-rooted insecurity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Can starting up The Wartime Bookshop bring these three women, and the community of Churchwood, together?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14397283\"\u003eLesley Eames\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.09w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529177350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529177359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027200\"\u003eRomance | Historical | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC032000\"\u003eWar \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014050\"\u003eHistorical | 20th Century | World War II\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLesley Eames \u003c\/b\u003ehas always loved books and writing. She read voraciously as a child and has read voraciously ever since. She also wrote stories as a child although busy careers in law, event organization and then charity fundraising and marketing made finding writing time in adulthood tricky. When she took maternity leave to have her two lovely daughters, she hoped she might find more writing time. Unfortunately, no one told her children, so once again time constraints continued to be a struggle. Now she has the luxury of writing full-time although she mixes this with creative writing tutoring, mentoring and occasional editing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lesley has 90 published short stories to her credit alongside four historical sagas set around the time of WW1 and into the Roaring 20s. \u003ci\u003eThe Wartime Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e is her fifth book and her first venture into the WW2 period. Originally from the north west of England (Manchester), Lesley's home is now Hertfordshire where \u003ci\u003eThe Wartime Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e's fictional village of Churchwood is set. Along her journey as a writer, Lesley has been thrilled to have enjoyed success in competitions as varied as crime writing to writing for children. She is particularly honoured to have won the Festival of Romance New Talent Award, the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Cup and to have been twice shortlisted in the UK Romantic Novel Awards (RONAs).","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44496724951277,"sku":"9781529177350","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_696e8fb7-cd63-4ecc-9648-a0840798f6cc.jpg?v=1700950651","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-wartime-bookshop-9781529177350","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}