“Dear Mrs. Bird” by A J Pearce

“Dear Mrs. Bird” by A J Pearce

If you are looking for a charming, heartwarming, sometimes hilarious story set during WWII that doesn’t take itself too seriously and reads like a 1950’s romantic comedy where the heartache of war and the terror of the London blitz is contrasted with hi-jinks, friendship, and warmth, then this is the book for you.  Emmiline is a young woman who longs to be a war correspondent and is encouraged by her lifelong best friend, Bunty, to apply for a job in journalism, but when she ends up as only a typist for an irascible and dogmatic advice columnist at a failing magazine, Emmy makes choices that backfire and put her in the middle of a mess while providing the reader with hours of delightful reading.  4 Stars