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  • By: AJ Pearce
  • Narrated by: Anna Popplewell
  • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (36 ratings)

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Dear Mrs Bird

By: AJ Pearce
Narrated by: Anna Popplewell
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Publisher's Summary

The Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times Bestseller

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 children be evacuated, she decides the only thing for it is to secretly write back...

Irresistibly funny and enormously moving, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a love letter to the enduring power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary times.

©2018 AJ Pearce (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio

Critic Reviews

"In a performance that transports the listener to WWII-era London, narrator Anna Popplewell becomes Emmy Lake who, like many others, is doing what she can to help the war effort. Popplewell embodies Emmy and the sundry characters who are part of her world, both during carefree times and as they struggle with the devastation of the war. A thoroughly enjoyable listen." (AudioFile)

"A marvellous treat. Charming and delightful." (Nina Stibbe)

"A joy from start to finish. Dear Mrs Bird is as funny as it is heart-warming." (John Boyne)

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A heart warming story

A feel good story with lovable characters. Read beautifully. Moments of laughter and tears. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

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Lovely Story

lovely story and insight into war time London and friendships. it was a joy to listen to and the narrator was excellent

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An enjoyable book

I enjoyed listening to this book, the storyline was an unusual one and a different way of writing about the war. It gave a very good impression of what some of the issues must have been for people at home living through the war. I normally don’t like to read about war subjects, but this was a lighter angle focussed more on the domestic side. I liked the positive attitude of the lead character and how she worked through her problems. I would have liked there to have been more at the end of the book, it seemed to end fairly quickly and I was wanting another chapter. On the whole an enjoyable read.

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Wonderful story. Excellent naration

Wonderful story, sometimes funny. Full of brave and believeable characters. Loved every bit of this book

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