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5cm544 page paperback book 5 x 19. Mon: closedTue: 10am-6pmWed: 10am-6pmThu: 10am-9pmFri: 10am-9pmSat: 10am-6pm ' FINANCIAL TIMES ' THE TIMES'I can think of few writers other than Dickens who can match it' SUNDAY TIMES'Brilliant' RICHARD OSMAN'Kate Atkinson is simply one of the best writers working today, anywhere in the world' GILLIAN FLYNN1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. Doubleday The classrooms are set up as separate shops - ladies fashion, homewares, gifts, books, music and children's departments.
Author: Atkinson, Kate
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C4therineJ
I really loved this book, the plot is subtle, and characters are exceptionally well drawn with lots of backstory which I found really interesting (they all have some sort of social commentary aspect that is of the time - 1920s). I don't normally read this genre - historical fiction I guess, although the main character Nelli Corker is based on a real life person which adds interest. It's everything I imagine 1920s London to be (in my head - a bit glitzy and a bit sordid at the same time) how true this is, I'm not really sure - but i'm also not sure I care as I was painted a fabulous picture by Kate Atkinson.
Best read of 2022, and more witty than I thought it was going to be. *photo is of Goldsboro edition of the book And when the separate story lines come together, you can see it's really been constructed masterfully - I loved how it all came together at the end.
Also - for a book that follows multiple character POVs there wasn't really one I didn't enjoy following.