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The Little Penguin Bookshop

The Little Penguin Bookshop

Summary

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Books can change lives, even in wartime. . .


When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees.

Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed with a colourful array of Penguin paperbacks, Carrie’s business soon booms. And when she gifts a book to a dashing officer, an act of kindness becomes the beginning of Carrie’s very own love story.

But as war rages on, and Mike is posted abroad, Carrie’s world is turned upside-down.

With the help of her station community, and the power of her paperbacks, can Carrie find the strength to battle through?


©2024 Joanna Toye (P)2024 Penguin Audio

About the author

Joanna Toye

Jo worked for many years as a writer and producer on soaps ranging from The Archers to EastEnders, before creating her own fictional world in her popular Shop Girls and Victory Girls novels, set around a family-run department store in World War Two.


A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop is the second in an exciting new series that began with The Little Penguin Bookshop.


She lives near Bath.
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