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Dear Mrs Bird - The Emmy Lake Chronicles
Dear Mrs Bird - The Emmy Lake Chronicles
paperback
Published:
5 April, 2018
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Description
The Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times Bestseller
London, 1940. Emmeline Lake and her best friend Bunty are trying to stay cheerful despite the Luftwaffe making life thoroughly annoying for everyone. Emmy dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent and when she spots a job advertisement in the newspaper she seizes her chance - but after a rather unfortunate misunderstanding, she finds herself typing letters for the formidable Henrietta Bird, the renowned agony aunt of Woman's Friend magazine.
Mrs Bird is very clear: letters containing any form of Unpleasantness must go straight into the bin. Emmy finds herself dismissing problems from lovelorn, grief-stricken and morally conflicted readers in favour of those who fear their ankles are unsightly or have trouble untangling lengths of wool. But soon the thought of desperate women going unanswered becomes too much to bear and Emmy decides the only thing for it is to secretly write back . . .
Irresistibly funny and enormously moving, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a love letter to female friendship, Blitz spirit, the kindness of strangers and the art of letter-writing itself.
Prizes
Short-listed for Books Are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award 2018 (UK),Short-listed for HWA Debut Crown 2019 (UK),Long-listed for Waverton Good Read Award 2019 (UK),Long-listed for Comedy Women in Print Prize 2019 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781509853908 |
| ISBN10 | 1509853901 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 357 g |
| Product Dimensions | 138 x 216 x 24 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
I love this book * Julie Cohen *
AJ Pearce is one of those rare writers who make you laugh and cry on the same page and keeps you turning the pages until you've finished. A wonderful new voice * Katie Fforde *
I've never read a novel that has grabbed me by the heart quite so much as this one * Shelley Harris *
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Author's Bio
AJ Pearce grew up in Hampshire and studied at the University of Sussex. A chance discovery of a 1939 woman's magazine became the inspiration for her ever-growing collection and her first novel Dear Mrs Bird. She now lives in the south of England.