The Mayfair Bookshop A Novel of Nancy Mitford and the Pursuit of Happiness

This is a dual-narrative historical novel that intertwines the lives of two women connected by a legendary London bookshop. In 1938, Nancy Mitford, a socialite and author from the notorious Mitford sisters, begins a new life working at the Heywood Hill Bookshop in Mayfair as war looms, seeking respite from her perpetually unfaithful husband, financial woes, and the shame of her Nazi sympathizer sisters. In the present day, American book curator Lucy St. Clair takes a job at Heywood Hill, hoping to start a healing process after losing her mother. Lucy brings with her a first edition of Nancy's work featuring a mysterious inscription, and soon discovers that her life and Nancy's are deeply connected by the little bookshop that changed both their lives.

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