Dear Mrs. Bird

  • Author: AJ Pearce
  • Narrator: Anna Popplewell
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 9:48:45
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Synopsis

This charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about a young woman who longs to be a war correspondent and inadvertantly becomes a secret advice columnist is “a jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People)—for 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 cheerful, despite the German planes making their nightly raids. 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, renowned advice columnist of Woman’s 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 man, or can’t bear to let their children be evacuated, she begins to secretly write back to the readers who have poured out their troubles.

“Fans of Jojo Moyes will enjoy AJ Pearce’s debut, with its plucky female characters and fresh portrait of women’s lives in wartime Britain” (Library Journal)—a love letter to the enduring power of friendship, the kindness of strangers, and the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary times. “Headlined by its winning lead character, who always keeps carrying on, Pearce's novel is a delight” (Publishers Weekly). Irrepressibly funny and enormously moving, Dear Mrs. Bird is “funny and poignant…about the strength of women and the importance of friendship” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis).

Chapters

  • DearMrsBird 01 Open

    Duration: 33s
  • DearMrsBird 02 Ch1

    Duration: 18min
  • DearMrsBird 03 Ch2

    Duration: 19min
  • DearMrsBird 04 Ch3

    Duration: 24min
  • DearMrsBird 05 Ch4

    Duration: 25min
  • DearMrsBird 06 Ch5

    Duration: 19min
  • DearMrsBird 07 Ch6

    Duration: 27min
  • DearMrsBird 08 Ch7

    Duration: 18min
  • DearMrsBird 09 Ch8

    Duration: 25min
  • DearMrsBird 10 Ch9

    Duration: 24min
  • DearMrsBird 11 Ch10

    Duration: 20min
  • DearMrsBird 12 Ch11

    Duration: 22min
  • DearMrsBird 13 Ch12

    Duration: 20min
  • DearMrsBird 14 Ch13

    Duration: 26min
  • DearMrsBird 15 Ch14

    Duration: 20min
  • DearMrsBird 16 Ch15

    Duration: 26min
  • DearMrsBird 17 Ch16

    Duration: 23min
  • DearMrsBird 18 Ch17

    Duration: 21min
  • DearMrsBird 19 Ch18

    Duration: 15min
  • DearMrsBird 20 Ch19

    Duration: 25min
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