pstrongFor readers of Martha Hall Kelly and Beatriz Williams, a story of female freedom and constraints that doesn't shy away from the trauma--and joy--that faced U.S. women in the 1950s. emKirkusemstrongppstrongLiterature has the power to speak to each of us uniquely -- but also to draw us together.strongppMassachusetts, 1954. With bags packed alongside her heavy heart, Alice Campbell escaped halfway across the country and found herself in front of a derelict building tucked among the cobblestone streets of Cambridge. She turns it into the enchanting bookshop of her dreams, knowing firsthand the power of books to comfort the brokenhearted.ppThe Cambridge Bookshop soon becomes a haven for Tess, Caroline, Evie, and Merritt, who are all navigating the struggles of being newly independent college women in a world that seems to want to keep them in the kitchen. But when a member of the group finds herself shattered, everything they know about themselves will be called into question. ppFrom