Bloomsbury Girls

It's 1950 and the war has been over for five years in London, but the people working in this London bookstore are still struggling. Vivian still misses her fiance, killed in the war. Grace's husband suffered a breakdown and Grace is trying to support the family and care for her children. Evie was one of the first women to be admitted to Cambridge, but the job she'd hoped for was given to a man instead. All three women face the discrimination against women that was endemic during this time.

I enjoyed this story of strong women working in a London bookstore, with all the bookish celebrities of the day popping into the narrative.

I would note (because I didn't realize this) that this book is a sequel to The Jane Austen Society.