The Victory Girls (The Shop Girls, Book 5)

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The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series!
As the tides of war turn, friendship has never been more important

Spring 1944. As the Allied forces push on towards longed-for victory, Lily Collins yearns to join up and do her bit. But where does her duty lie

Her best friend Gladys faces having her first baby alone, with her new husband back with the Navy.

And their friend Beryl is run off her feet building her bridal-hire business amid the bomb damage.

So while wedding bells are ringing for others at Marlows Department Store, where Lily works, will they be heard for Lily herself or does fate have another twist in store

Acclaim for Joanna Toye

Warm and wonderfully page-turning Annie Groves

A wonderful testament to friendship as the Allied Forces push on towards victory Womens Weekly

Family drama, community spirit and love[a] warm, compassionate read Peoples Friend

Reviews

'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.