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Dear Mrs Bird
by AJ Pearce
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"'Dear Mrs Bird,... I am rather ignorant about Married Life'. 'I'm pretty sure Married Life is a no.'...gasped Kathleen, glancing at the door as if Mrs Bird might be about to crash through in a terrible rage. 'Intimate won't do at all. Mrs Bird says she didn't have to answer that sort of thing in 1911 and she has no intention of doing so now.' "
A heart-warming and sometimes tear-jerking story of Emmy Lake's escapades in wartime London. With a dream of being a 'Lady War Correspondent' she accidentally ends up working for Mrs Bird, a brusque and unsympathetic agony aunt at Woman's Friend magazine. Horrified by Mrs Bird's list of 'Topics that will not be published or responded to' (including 'sexual, marital or extra-marital relations' anything 'political' and 'the war', which is what most people write in with!), Emmy decides to respond in Mrs Bird's name...
The descriptions of wartime Londoners' determination for life to go on despite the Luftwaffe's best efforts is entertaining but tinged with sadness. I found the characters' language, especially Mrs Bird's phrases and use of capital letters, particularly funny, with many laugh-out-loud moments. I also enjoyed Emmy and her best friend Bunty's close relationship.
A wonderful read!
A heart-warming and sometimes tear-jerking story of Emmy Lake's escapades in wartime London. With a dream of being a 'Lady War Correspondent' she accidentally ends up working for Mrs Bird, a brusque and unsympathetic agony aunt at Woman's Friend magazine. Horrified by Mrs Bird's list of 'Topics that will not be published or responded to' (including 'sexual, marital or extra-marital relations' anything 'political' and 'the war', which is what most people write in with!), Emmy decides to respond in Mrs Bird's name...
The descriptions of wartime Londoners' determination for life to go on despite the Luftwaffe's best efforts is entertaining but tinged with sadness. I found the characters' language, especially Mrs Bird's phrases and use of capital letters, particularly funny, with many laugh-out-loud moments. I also enjoyed Emmy and her best friend Bunty's close relationship.
A wonderful read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Grief