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A store at war / Joanna Toye.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextSeries: Toye, Joanna, Store at war ; book 1.Kaiwhakaputa: London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Whakaahuatanga: 392 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780008298234
  • 0008298238
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23
Summary: It's 1941 and young Lily Collins is starting work in Midlands department store Marlow's, whose gleaming facade has fascinated her since childhood. As the air raid sirens blare, Lily learns the ropes from her sophisticated boss, Miss Frobisher, alongside shy fellow junior Gladys. But her burgeoning friendship with young salesman Jim draws her into a swirl of secrets within the store. And with the war progressing to crisis point, Cedric Marlow and his staff must battle nightly bombings and the absence of loved ones to keep going.
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"Even in wartime, the customer comes first at Marlow's department store..." -- Cover.

Includes an excerpt from "Secrets in store".

It's 1941 and young Lily Collins is starting work in Midlands department store Marlow's, whose gleaming facade has fascinated her since childhood. As the air raid sirens blare, Lily learns the ropes from her sophisticated boss, Miss Frobisher, alongside shy fellow junior Gladys. But her burgeoning friendship with young salesman Jim draws her into a swirl of secrets within the store. And with the war progressing to crisis point, Cedric Marlow and his staff must battle nightly bombings and the absence of loved ones to keep going.

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