Heartache for the Shop Girls (The Shop Girls, Book 3)

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The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series! Just the balm our souls need right now Womens Weekly
Summer 1942. Despite grim reports on the wireless and rationing hitting hard, Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls from Marlows department store are determined to put out the bunting for a family party.

But Beryls husband Les returns from North Africa a changed man, and Gladys worries for her own fiancs safety. The store is losing staff to the war effort and Lilys young man, Jim, is torn over where his duty lies.

Then comes the knock on the door that everyone dreads. Lilys family, always the heart of her world, is rocked to the core. The small Midlands town and Lilys beloved Marlows must face their greatest challenge yet.

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Acclaim for Joanna Toye:
The sense of wartime community is strongthis evocative novel may be just the balm our souls need Womens Weekly

'Jo writes with a sure hand and a light toucha real page-turner with a spirited heroine who will worm her way into readers' hearts. A sparkling new voice in fiction.' Veronica Henry

Cheerful and upliftingI thoroughly enjoyed it Katie Fforde

Highly recommended an engrossing story with a charmingly forthright heroine Anna Jacobs

Captivatinga triumphant debut novel Womens Weekly

Author Bio

Joanna Toye joined the production team of The Archers after reading English at Cambridge University, and became a scriptwriter for the programme for over twenty years. She has also written a number of spin-off books about the long-running radio drama. On television she has written for Crossroads, Family Affairs, Doctors and EastEnders. A Store at War is her first novel.