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February 20, 2023

REVIEW: Babbacombe’s by Susan Scarlett

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / family relationships / Historical / London / shop assistant2 Comments

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“I thought we were allowed to sit. I mean I thought it was the Shop Act or something that we had to have something to sit on.” Jenny laughed. “So they say, but it doesn’t work out that way. You won’t get sacked for sitting, but if you sit you’ll ... more >

November 23, 2020

REVIEW: Business as Usual by Jane Oliver

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / 1930s / epistolary / Handheld Classics / Historical / London / shop assistant / working class10 Comments

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Business As Usual by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford was first published in 1933. It’s a delightful illustrated novel in letters from Hilary Fane, an Edinburgh girl fresh out of university who is determined to support herself by her own earnings in London for a year, despite the mutterings of ... more >

April 13, 2020

REVIEW: You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / dentist / engagement / fiance / fiancee / interfering in-laws / relationship in trouble / shop assistant / wedding planning4 Comments

Dear Sarah Hogle, Months ago, my friend Elyssa Patrick recommended your debut contemporary romance, You Deserve Each Other, to me. I was intrigued by the blurb and the concept, so I requested the ARC from Netgalley. Here is the description that caught my attention: When your nemesis also happens to ... more >

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