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‘A proper comfort read’ India Knight
‘Imagine Bridget Jones running amok in the wartime world of Mrs Miniver’ Sunday Times
London, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a fearless Lady War Correspondent. Unfortunately, Emmy instead finds herself employed as a typist for the formidable Henrietta Bird, the renowned agony aunt at Woman’s Friend magazine. Mrs Bird refuses to read, let alone answer, letters containing any form of Unpleasantness, and definitely not those from the lovelorn, grief-stricken or morally conflicted.
But the thought of these desperate women waiting for an answer at this most desperate of times becomes impossible for Emmy to ignore. She decides she simply must help and secretly starts to write back – after all, what harm could that possibly do?
‘I fell in love with Dear Mrs Bird on page one and completely adored every single word’ Jill Mansell
‘Like Eleanor Oliphant, this manages to strike a delicate balance between funny and heartbreaking. When we need it most, Dear Mrs Bird is a wonderful, uplifting novel’ Red
About the author
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.
Summary
The Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times Bestseller, Dear Mrs Bird, now with a beautiful festive design for the Christmas season.
London, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a fearless Lady War Correspondent. Unfortunately, Emmy instead finds herself employed as a typist for the formidable Henrietta Bird, the renowned agony aunt at Woman’s Friend magazine. Mrs Bird refuses to read, let alone answer, letters containing any form of Unpleasantness, and definitely not those from the lovelorn, grief-stricken or morally conflicted.
But the thought of these desperate women waiting for an answer at this most desperate of times becomes impossible for Emmy to ignore. She decides she simply must help and secretly starts to write back – after all, what harm could that possibly do?
'The sweetest, most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love' – Marian Keyes
'A proper comfort read' – India Knight
'A joy from start to finish. Dear Mrs Bird is as funny as it is heart-warming' – John Boyne
Foreword
An irresistibly funny, charming and moving debut from a sensational talent, one of the best-loved and most talked about books of the year.
Additional text
Uplifting, funny and enormously moving.
