Dear Mrs. Bird

This charming,irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about a young woman who longs to be a war correspondent and inadvertently becomes a secret advice columnist is ΓÇ£a jauntyheartbreaking winnerΓÇ¥ (People)ΓÇöfor fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Lilac Girls. Emmeline Lake and her best friend Bunty are doing their bit for the war effort and trying to stay cheerfuldespite the German planes making their nightly raids. Emmy dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondentand when she spots a job advertisement in the newspaper she seizes her chance; but after a rather unfortunate misunderstandingshe finds herself typing letters for the formidable Henrietta Birdrenowned advice columnist of WomanΓÇÖs Friend magazine. Mrs. Bird is very clear: letters containing any Unpleasantness must go straight into the bin. But as Emmy reads the desperate pleas from women who many have Gone Too Far with the wrong manor canΓÇÖt bear to let their children be evacuatedshe begins to secretly write back to the readers who have poured out their troubles. ΓÇ£Fans of Jojo Moyes will enjoy AJ PearceΓÇÖs debutwith its plucky female characters and fresh portrait of womenΓÇÖs lives in wartime BritainΓÇ¥ (Library Journal)ΓÇöa love letter to the enduring power of friendshipthe kindness of strangersand the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary times. ΓÇ£Headlined by its winning lead characterwho always keeps carrying onPearce’s novel is a delightΓÇ¥ (Publishers Weekly). Irrepressibly funny and enormously movingDear Mrs. Bird is ΓÇ£funny and poignantΓǪabout the strength of women and the importance of friendshipΓÇ¥ (Star TribuneMinneapolis).