Dear Mrs. Bird
Book description
The Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times 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'llâŚ
Why read it?
2 authors picked Dear Mrs. Bird as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
For a woman brought up on a diet of PG Wodehouse, the character of Mrs. Bird felt like an old friend.
She is larger than life in the best sense of the word and this story of Emmy Lake and her wartime experience of working for the formidable woman is a joy from beginning to end. You are rooting for Emmy at every step first in her bid for journalistic stardom and then when she decides to play agony aunt to the women who desperately need her help.
A gorgeous, uplifting treat of a read.
From Annie's list on WW1 and 2 fiction featuring brilliant female characters.
There is so much to enjoy in this original and charming novel! Set in London during the Blitz, Emmy is trying to remain cheerful, despite the nightly bombings and disruption of life as she once knew it. Emmy takes on a job helping Mrs. Bird, the renowned agony aunt for Womanâs Friend magazine. But if there is any hint of Unpleasantness, the letters must be cut up immediately â until Emmy decides to take matters into her own hand. Dear Mrs. Bird captures the language of the time beautifully, no doubt influenced by the 1940s magazines the author has collected.âŚ
From Karen's list on World War II that may surprise you.
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