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A review by katiegilley
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
4.0
“My mother always said that a lot of men think that having bosoms means you’re a nitwit. She said the cleverest thing is to let them assume you’re an idiot, so you can crack on and prove them all wrong.”
This was my second effort with Dear Mrs. Bird. I wanted to try again because the second book in this series was published last week and they both seem perfectly up my alley. I’m not sure why I abandoned it the first time, but I chose to listen on audio this go round and it made all of the difference. I loved it!
Emmy Lake is ecstatic about her new job, believing that she was hired as a reporter at a local newspaper and dreaming about being a “lady war correspondent.” Imagine her horror when she’s hired at a women’s magazine as an assistant to a stuffy advice columnist. There’s a whole list of topics that Mrs. Bird won’t even touch, which includes basically everything that a woman in the midst of WWII might be struggling with. Emmy soon takes it upon herself to start responding to some of these letters and, of course, trouble ensues.
This was full of the real emotions behind the keep calm and carry on attitude of WWII. I appreciated the vulnerability Emmy expressed between the pages while doing her best to keep smiling through it all. I loved the scenes at the magazine – full of typewriters, tea, and letters. And the flat that she lives in with her best friend Bunty is amazingly cozy. I cannot wait until I can get my hands on the second book in the series!
This was my second effort with Dear Mrs. Bird. I wanted to try again because the second book in this series was published last week and they both seem perfectly up my alley. I’m not sure why I abandoned it the first time, but I chose to listen on audio this go round and it made all of the difference. I loved it!
Emmy Lake is ecstatic about her new job, believing that she was hired as a reporter at a local newspaper and dreaming about being a “lady war correspondent.” Imagine her horror when she’s hired at a women’s magazine as an assistant to a stuffy advice columnist. There’s a whole list of topics that Mrs. Bird won’t even touch, which includes basically everything that a woman in the midst of WWII might be struggling with. Emmy soon takes it upon herself to start responding to some of these letters and, of course, trouble ensues.
This was full of the real emotions behind the keep calm and carry on attitude of WWII. I appreciated the vulnerability Emmy expressed between the pages while doing her best to keep smiling through it all. I loved the scenes at the magazine – full of typewriters, tea, and letters. And the flat that she lives in with her best friend Bunty is amazingly cozy. I cannot wait until I can get my hands on the second book in the series!