This charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about a young woman who longs to be a war correspondent and inadvertently 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 mak...

**Richard & Judy Book Club PickSunday Times BestsellerSet during London's blitz and filled with warmth, wit and heartbreak, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a wartime story about the power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people.**London, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a fearless Lady War Correspondent. Unfortunately, Emmy instead finds herself employed as a typist for the terrifying He...

“It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy!” —Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in ChemistryPlucky wartime advice columnist Emmy Lake discovers that sometimes it takes losing everything to find what we need most in this heartwarming finale to a quartet of uplifting historical fiction novels set in World War II London.London,...

From the author of the bestselling “jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People) Dear Mrs. Bird, a charming, heartwarming World War II novel featuring aspiring journalist and advice columnist Emmy Lake as she navigates life, love, and female friendship in wartime London—perfect for fans of The Paris Library and Lessons in Chemistry.London, April 1943. Twenty-five-year-old Emmy Lake is doing her part for the wartime women’s effort in Lo...

‘It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy!’ - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry‘Touching, funny and emotional, it’s the perfect escape and really should be prescribed as a national tonic’ - Jill Mansell, author of An Almost Perfect SummerFrom the author of the Sunday Times bestseller

From the author of the “jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People) and international bestseller Dear Mrs. Bird comes a charming and uplifting novel set in London during World War II about a plucky young journalist and her adventures as wartime advice columnist.London, November 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Henrietta Bird from Woman’s Friend magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on th...

**Mrs Porter Calling is the uplifting and heartwarming third historical novel from AJ Pearce, the beloved author of Dear Mrs Bird.'Brilliant, utterly charming and uplifting’ – Jill Mansell, author of Rumour Has It'A pleasure you’d be daft to deny yourself’ – Mail on Sunday'Heartbreaking yet feel-good' – Woman & HomeLondon, 1943.**Emmy Lake is most definitely Doing Her Bit for the war effort. The readers of he...

This is a rags-to-riches story set in the turmoil of the eighteenth century, when the only way for ordinary folk to advance was to fight.Simon Pearce, born in poverty on the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall, England, takes his family on a swashbuckling journey that begins with the worst peacetime shipwreck in Royal Naval history, on 22nd October 1707, when five ships were lost on the Isles of Scilly. He was brought up into a family of smugglers, but a twist of fate enables him to rise t...

The charming and hilarious tonic we’ve all been waiting for. The bestseller, Yours Cheerfully, is the sequel to **Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce. An inspirational, funny, romantic and uplifting story of courage at the height of World War Two.‘Loved. Every. Word.' - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry**London, September 1941. For plucky, determined Emmy Lake, working at W...

**Read by Anna Popplewell, known for her role in The Chronicles of Narnia.Richard & Judy Book Club PickSunday Times BestsellerSet during London's blitz and filled with warmth, wit and heartbreak, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a wartime story about the power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people.**London, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a fearless Lady War Correspond...

**Read by Anna Popplewell, known for her role in The Chronicles of Narnia.Richard & Judy Book Club PickSunday Times BestsellerSet during London's blitz and filled with warmth, wit and heartbreak, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a wartime story about the power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people.**London, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a fearless Lady War Correspond...

“It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy!” —Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in ChemistryPlucky wartime advice columnist Emmy Lake discovers that sometimes it takes losing everything to find what we need most in this heartwarming finale to a quartet of uplifting historical fiction novels set in World War II London.London,...