01601cam a2200313 i 4500 506422431 TxAuBib 20210708120000.0 210324s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781335653048 hbk. $28.99 133565304X hbk. $28.99 TxAuBib rda Martin, Madeline. The last bookshop in London / Madeline Martin. Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, 2021. 325 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel of World War II"--Cover. "August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler's forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she'd wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London. Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling to unite her community in ways she never dreamed--a force that triumphs over even the darkest nights of the war"--Provided by publisher. 20210708. Bookstores Fiction. Women booksellers Fiction. Booksellers and bookselling Fiction. London (England) History Bombardment, 1940-1945 Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction.