Description
For Eve, Irene, Betty and Rosemary, working at the exclusive Heyworth's department store in Cambridge is a dream come true. Once the girls step inside the elegant building - surrounded by luxurious dresses and beautiful accessories - the hardships of their own lives are temporarily forgotten. Serving a variety of curious customers, from glamorous gypsy queens to genuine royalty and stuffy academics to the city's fashionable elite, the store is a place where these young women can forge successful careers, under the ever-watchful eye of flamboyant owner Mr Heyworth.
Set against the backdrop of the closing years of the Second World War, and moving into the 1950s, The Shop Girls perfectly captures the camaraderie and friendship of four ambitious young women working together in a store that offered them an escape from the drudgery of their wartime childhoods. Each of the girls' stories will be individually published from July 2014 in fortnightly serialised ebooks, leading up to the release of the complete edition (with bonus material) in September.
* Conversation around BBC documentary The Shop Girls, with montage of all 4 ebook covers * Social media visuals for each character, with exclusive content from author * Promotion through The Little Book Cafe channels * Featured on www.littlebrown.co.uk
About the Author
Ellee Seymour is a journalist and ghostwriter. Her first book was Being the Soham Psychic. Ellee lives in Cambridgeshire where she runs a PR company.
Reviews
The Shop Girls is a beautifully written and well-researched book that gives a window into a forgotten world * www.thebookbag.co.uk *
Book Information
ISBN 9780751554960
Author Ellee Seymour
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Sphere
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 230g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 22mm
