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Dear Mrs Bird

Author: A J Pearce
Publisher: London, England : Picador, 2018. ©2018
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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London, 1940. 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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: War fiction
Historical fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Ebook version :
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: A J Pearce
ISBN: 9781509853908 1509853901 9781509853892 1509853898
OCLC Number: 991680800
Awards: Short-listed for Books Are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award 2018 (UK)
Short-listed for HWA Debut Crown 2019 (UK)
Long-listed for Waverton Good Read Award 2019 (UK)
Long-listed for Comedy Women in Print Prize 2019 (UK)
Description: 308 pages ; 22 cm
Responsibility: A J Pearce.

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An irresistibly funny, charming and moving debut from a sensational talent, one of the best-loved and most talked-about books of the year  Read more...

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I've never read a novel that has grabbed me by the heart quite so much as this one * Shelley Harris * AJ Pearce is one of those rare writers who make you laugh and cry on the same page and keeps you Read more...

 
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