Fitzgerald Penelope: The Bookshop

England, 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and in doing so has crossed those who have made themselves important, such as the formidable Mrs Gamart, and even natural and supernatural forces, too. Her fate will strike a chord with anyone who knows that life has treated them with less than justice.