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Dear Mrs Bird
- Narrated by: Anna Popplewell
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Dear Mrs Bird
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Publisher's Summary
Read by Anna Popplewell, known for her role in The Chronicles of Narnia.
Richard & Judy Book Club Pick
Sunday Times Bestseller
Set 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 Henrietta Bird, the renowned agony aunt at Woman’s Friend magazine. Mrs Bird refuses to read, let alone answer, letters containing any form of Unpleasantness, and definitely not letters from the women the war has left lovelorn, grief-stricken or conflicted.
But the thought of these desperate women waiting for an answer becomes impossible for Emmy to ignore. She decides she simply must help and secretly starts to write back – after all, what harm could that possibly do?
'The most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love' – Marian Keyes
'Utterly charming and helplessly funny' – Jenny Colgan
'A proper comfort read' – India Knight
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- Colette McNeill
- 30-03-2019
Wonderful story. Excellent naration
Wonderful story, sometimes funny. Full of brave and believeable characters. Loved every bit of this book
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- Francesca D'souza
- 26-03-2024
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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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-2021
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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- Kindle Customer
- 22-05-2022
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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