{"product_id":"aj-pearce-dear-mrs-bird-2018","title":"AJ Pearce: Dear Mrs Bird [2018]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club Pick and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, fresh, and touching, \u003ci\u003eDear Mrs Bird\u003c\/i\u003e is a treat of a read.' - Annie Barrows, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The sweetest, most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love . . . It'll be huge; it deserves to be' - Marian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon, 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 \u003ci\u003eWoman's Friend\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrresistibly funny and enormously moving, \u003ci\u003eDear Mrs Bird \u003c\/i\u003eby 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A marvellous treat. Charming and delightful' Nina Stibbe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A joy from start to finish. \u003ci\u003eDear Mrs Bird\u003c\/i\u003e is as funny as it is heart-warming' John Boyne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearce, Aj","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52330945151315,"sku":"9781509853892","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52330945118547,"sku":"XV81509853892","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/pearce-aj-aj-pearce-dear-mrs-bird-2018-1203817647.jpg?v=1762636275","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/aj-pearce-dear-mrs-bird-2018","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}