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The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie’s empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho’s gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost. With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson gives us a window in a vanished world. Slyly funny, brilliantly observant, and ingeniously plotted, Shrines of Gaiety showcases the myriad talents that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.

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There were the shrines to memorialize the men lost in the war, and there were the shrines of gaiety were people could lose themselves in wild pleasure and excess to forget the war. 1920s London drew the rich and the powerful to the nightclubs in Soho. And from the suburbs and countryside, young women came to the city dreaming of the stage and fame, only to be reduced to living by their wits, or beds, or if they were lucky, as paid dancers at a night club. The money and tips were good. The recent epidemic of missing dancing girls is not. Upon the death of her mother, Gwendolyn the librarian discovers she is wealthy. She leaves her quiet life to search for her best friend’s missing daughter who ran off to London with her best friend, sure they would be dancers on stage. Gwendolyn is plucky, an optimist, a risk taker. She has no fear. She was a nurse during the war, already she has seen the worst. She has freedom and money and is keen to embrace life.