Dear Mrs Bird is a delightful, entertaining novel. Taking place in a much innocent time, Mrs Bird follows the newspaper advice columns that have always been so popular . This book is described as charming and I will agree. It is a light entertaining novel with a little turn in the path that I thought we were heading down.
Taking us back to the 1930s in London, we meet Emmeline and her friend Bunty. Two young ladies off to live on their own and start careers and marriages in a world turned upside down by the war. They take up residence in the upper floors of Bunty's grandmother's building and find jobs to help the war effort. They have to learn to dodge the bombs and move on as life throws them curve balls along the way.
Emmeline has dreams of becoming a war correspondent and answers an advertisement in a newspaper office. It turns out she will just be typing letters and answers to the women advice column. But she decides to stay and work hard in hopes of moving up the ladder of success. Eventually she starts answering the advice column letters under the name of Mrs. Bird. Whether that turns out to be a smart idea or not she has yet to find out. Romance and the tragedy of war run through this novel.
This novel shows us how strong friendship can be. It also shows us how strong a person can be in the face of adversity. This is a fun entertaining book with a few lessons to be learned along the way for Emmeline, Bunty and maybe for the reader also. A light read with a strong message.
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