Bethnal Green, London, 1936. I love books that are set in the past and having read Kate Thompson's first book, Secrets of the Singer Girls, I was really excited to read her latest offering, The Wedding Girls.
Back in 1936, London's East end was less than glamorous but that is something Kitty was changing one beautiful wedding dress at a time. Yet in the back of her mind she was thinking about how to escape the East end. Next door to Kitty's was Herbie's photography studio where Stella and Winnie worked. The 3 women were best friends and were all hoping for the same thing, love and happiness.
As was always the way back then, the community always banded together in time of need, something you do not see very often, if at all now. The war was not far away and it would bring a massive test of faith and courage to Bethnal Green.
I loved the characters in this book, they were lovable and strong. Certainly women you would be proud to have in your life. What I love too is the sense of community, always there for each other no matter what. If only it could be like that now.
Without giving away the story too much, I don't do spoilers, I will end my review here.
Kate Thompson is an amazing author, her books really give you a warm feeling and her characters are brought to life in the perfect way. Women we can aspire too.
You can pre-order The Wedding Girls over on Amazon for £5.24 on paperback and £4.68 on Kindle. I highly recommend this book as a must read.
You can find more about Kate's other books here.
This sounds great - I also like books set in the not too distant past, and this sounds like it has a great plot (which you don't want to spoil!)
ReplyDeleteIt really does. It was so hard to not give anything away!! x
DeleteI have never read any of Kate's books, but I am always on the lookout of new recommendations so thank you I will take a look at this book, it sounds really interesting
ReplyDeleteHer books are brilliant, hard to put down! Let me know if you read it and what you think x
DeleteI am looking for some holiday reads and this recommendation sounds great. I haven't read any books by this author so will get these on my kindle! x
ReplyDeleteA good book and chilling on holiday = bliss. Hope you enjoy the books and have a great holiday x
DeleteI love reading about old stories and how strong women were at that time
ReplyDeleteI would love to be that strong! x
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