Dear Mrs Bird

The Resource Dear Mrs Bird
Label
Dear Mrs Bird
Statement of responsibility
A.J. Pearce
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
An irresistibly funny, charming and moving debut from a sensational talent, sure to be one of the best-loved and most talked-about books of the year
Cataloging source
StDuBDS
Dewey number
  • 823.92
  • 823.9'2
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR6116.E1675
Literary form
novels
Summary expansion
THE DEBUT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'Funny, fresh, and touching, Dear Mrs Bird is a treat of a read.' Annie Barrows, author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'The sweetest, most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love . . . It'll be huge; it deserves to be' Marian KeyesLondon, 1941. 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. But as Emmy reads the desperate pleas from women who may have Gone Too Far with the wrong man, or can't bear to let their children be evacuated, she 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 the enduring power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary times.'A marvellous treat. Charming and delightful' Nina Stibbe'A joy from start to finish. Dear Mrs Bird is as funny as it is heart-warming' John Boyne
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