**THE DEBUT _SUNDAY TIMES_ TOP TEN BESTSELLER ** **** **'A winning wartime romp . . . as hilarious as it is moving'_GUARDIAN_** **'The sweetest, most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love . . . It'll be huge; it deserves to be' MARIAN KEYES** London, 1941. Emmeline Lake and he
Dear Mrs Bird
β Scribed by Pearce, A J
- Book ID
- 110414422
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781509853939
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β¦ Synopsis
**THE DEBUT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER **
'A winning wartime romp . . . as hilarious as it is moving'GUARDIAN
'The sweetest, most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love . . . It'll be huge; it deserves to be' MARIAN KEYES
London, 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...
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