Sometimes One Can Find Community in the Unlikieliest of Places

 My favorite book that I have read so far in 2023  is The Last Book Shop In London by Madeline 
Martin.   This book follows the life of Grace Bennett during World War II in London.   Grace journeys to London after being put out of the family home that she grew up in by her uncle and his family.   The initial journey to London leaves Grace with uncertainty about her future. 

"August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and blackout curtains that she finds on her arrival were not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she’d wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London.

Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling to unite her community in ways she never dreamed—a force that triumphs over even the darkest nights of the war."(Goodreads, 2021).

My Thoughts:  

I loved this book.  We all wish we could have a community like Grace's during a not ideal circumstance.  I also don't know how she could be an Air Raid Warden during the war.  It is a job that I could never take on.    I also loved the bookshop aspect of this book.  

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