Books like The Brontës went to Woolworth's by Rachel Ferguson
Set in pre‑war London, the Carne sisters—Deirdre, Katrine, and little Sheil—live, love, and imagine together. Their childhood habit of inventing stories, from talking nursery toys to feigned friendship with the charismatic Judge Toddington, fuels their daily life.
The peace of their imaginary world shatters when Deirdre meets the judge’s real wife at a charity bazaar. The sisters are suddenly confronted with the difference between fabricated narratives and reality, and they must decide whether to let go of the fantasies that have bound them together.
Through the sisters’ awkward, earnest, and ultimately honest grappling with the blurred line between imagination and truth, the novel explores how adolescence uncovers the fragile truth behind childhood myths.
First publish date: 1931
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Rachel Ferguson
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