The Bookshop

Set in the late 1950s, Florence Green has decided to open a bookshop in the small coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk, where she has lived for years as a war widow. She acquires as her premises the Old House, a damp and abandoned property that has been standing empty for many years. As Florence secures a loan from Mr Keble at the bank to open the shop, she faces opposition from influential local resident Violet Gamart, who had privately earmarked the property for her own pet project.