73 Dove Street

Powerful, poignant and so beautifully drawn - every single scene comes alive

Frances Quinn, author of <i>The Smallest Man</i>

Once again, Julie Owen Moylan has created a mid century world that feels completely real and vivid. I've loved walking the damp postwar London streets with Edie and Tommie, chain-smoking in gin bars and watching these women grow. Julie has such a knack for setting up a story, creating a mystery that pulls you right in. A hugely enjoyable book.

Jodie Chapman, author of <i>Another Life</i>

Set in my end of 1950s London, the sense of time and place is beautifully evocative, the ghost of the war, and the sense of societal change about to come. It's about pride and shame and love and loss and ultimately hope

Laura Shepherd-Robinson, author of <i>Blood & Sugar</i>

Brilliant! Totally immersed in postwar London. I loved every page of this wonderful novel. A mystery that keeps you guessing, difficult women and that seductive 1950s atmosphere - all my favourite things!

Louise Hare, author of <i>This Lovely City</i>

I loved it even more than Julie's debut That Green Eyed Girl. Soho in the 50s is brilliantly done, as are the female characters. Brava Julie!

Georgina Moore, author of <i>The Garnett Girls</i>

I loved That Green Eyed Girl by Julie Owen Moylan so had high hopes for 73 Dove Street and it did not disappoint. This beautiful postwar story of three working class women is so evocative and moving. Adored it.

Jennie Godfrey, author of <i>The List of Suspicious Things</i>

Another fabulous read by the brilliant Julie Owen Moylan. A gripping and touching feminist read about three women in one London boarding house in 1958. Julie writes about mid-20th century women like no-one else!

Laura Price, author of <i>Single Bald Female</i>

A corker. It's the story of three working class women in 1950's London. It's so evocative, you can *smell* the gas fires, the lard, the perfume, the talc, the gin. It's bleakly honest about women's lot at the time (not so very long ago) and the tale is deftly woven. I loved how the strands came together, very satisfying

Kate Sawyer, author of <i>The Stranding</i>

Another absolute cracker from Julie Owen Moylan. The compelling and vividly-evoked story of three brave and complex women in 1950s London.

Anna Mazzola, author of <i>The Clockwork Girl</i>

Hugely atmospheric, this haunting and thought-provoking read explores the lives of three women whose tales become entwined through a single address. Set in 1958 London, brought to life by immersive, detailed descriptions, it looks at women's roles in a changing society. It's a really tough read at times but written with such heart. A fascinating, bold read. Bravo Julie bravo!

Liz Hyder, author of <i>The Gifts</i>

I adored it. It's gripping (I stayed up until 1am on a school night to finish it), moving and so wonderfully evocative of post-war London. Julie's firmly an auto-buy author for me now, and I can't wait to read what she writes next

Emma Hughes, author of <i>No Such Thing As Perfect</i>

A brilliant evocation of the seedy side of post-war London, wrapped around a story of the power of female friendship, this is the very best kind of escapism

Bookseller, 'Editor's Choice'

A vivid and propulsive story of three women and three dangerous secrets, 73 Dove Street so brillaintly and evocatively captures Soho in the 50s that I really feel I was there

Sophie Irwin, bestseslling author of <i>The Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting</i>

An incredibly vivid rendering of post-war London and the complicated lives of three woman whose fates intersect at a boarding house as they seek to take control of their own destinies. This was an engrossing read; emotional, immersive and utterly absorbing

Jennifer Saint, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Ariadne</i>

Gripping and atmospheric, this novel will worm its way into your heart

Red

A beautiful story of friendship and new beginnings

Best

From the Rivoli Ballroom to the seedy nightlife of Soho, the characters leap off the page in this compelling mystery

Woman & Home

Gripping . . . Julie Owen Moylan vividly recreates drab, grey postwar London and her characters are convincing to the end

The Times, 'Best New Historical Fiction for July 2023

From the Rivoli Ballroom to the seedy nightlife of Soho, the characters leap off the page in this compelling mystery

Woman & Home

A wonderfully evocative, immersive novel that brings 50s London to life, from the smog and the nightlife to attitudes towards women. Julie Owen Moylan excels in creating female characters who the reader cares about. As the friendship between these three unlikely women grows, so does their hope for a better future. It's a vivid, absorbing and ultimately uplifting read

Sunday Express

Stark choices and dangerous secrets disrupt the lives of three damaged but resilient working-class women in this compelling emotional drama

Mail on Sunday

Psychologically astute and emotionally absorbing, this is a heartfelt read

Daily Mail

Brimming with 1950s detail and atmosphere, pacy and evocative, authentic and well-drawn. An enjoyable read

Independent

Superb

Sun

Touching, entertaining, hopeful. A vivid sense of time, place, people's attitudes and fragilities

Sunday Times

73 Dove Street is a pacy and evocative account of the struggles facing women of that era

Herald