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Synopsis
London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort as a volunteer telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When a job is advertised at the London Evening Chronicle, Emmy's sees her dream of being a Lady War Correspondent coming true. But she winds up as typist for the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird. Disappointed, she gamely bucks up and buckles down. Prepare to fall head over heels for Emmy and her best friend Bunty in Pearce's irresistible debut.
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About the Author
AJ Pearce grew up in Hampshire, England. She studied at the University of Sussex and Northwestern University. A chance discovery of a 1939 women's magazine became the inspiration for her first novel, Dear Mrs. Bird. She lives in the south of England.
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"A marvelous treat. Charming and delightful."
--Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina
"Books that make you shake with laughter and sob with tears are rare. I gulped this one down but didn't stop thinking about it for a long time."
--Katie Fforde, author of A Secret Garden
"A joy from start to finish. Dear Mrs. Bird is as funny as it is heartwarming."
--John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies
"Funny, fresh, and touching, Dear Mrs. Bird is a pitch-perfect pleasure. It's a rare and wonderful thing to read a book that seems to live properly in its era." --Annie Barrows, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
"Emmeline Lake, the heroine of Dear Mrs. Bird, is the most endearing character to emerge from the world of British fiction since Bridget Jones. She's funny, she's indefatigable, and she faces the worst of circumstances with the pluckiest of resolves. You cannot help but love her."--Kimmery Martin, author of The Queen of Hearts
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- PublisherThorndike Press Large Print
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1432853295
- ISBN 13 9781432853297
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages465
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