{"product_id":"the-wartime-bookshop-paperback","title":"The Wartime Bookshop: The First in a Heart-Warming WWII Saga Series about Community and Friendship, from the Bestselling Author Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLesley Eames\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLesley is an author of historical sagas. Having previously written sagas set around the time of the First World War, she ventured into the Second World War period with her fifth book, \u003ci\u003eThe Wartime Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. Lesley is 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 Trophy and to have been twice shortlisted in the UK Romantic Novel Awards (RONAs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.75 x 5.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458903195826,"sku":"9781529177350","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/p2aa0xuIHT9781529177350.webp?v=1783006200","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-wartime-bookshop-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}