AJ Pearce
Autor de Dear Mrs Bird
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1964
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Hampshire, UK
- Educación
- University of Sussex
- Ocupaciones
- novelist
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- Obras
- 3
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 1,486
- Popularidad
- #17,279
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 121
- ISBNs
- 70
- Idiomas
- 8
- Favorito
- 2
Emmeline Lake works hard to become a respected reporter working for Woman's Friend publication. It takes awhile for Emmy to warm up to Henrietta Bird who is the publisher of Woman's Friend. She is disappointed when she is assigned the advice column since she wanted more serious articles. It wasn't easy but Emmy pushed the boundaries of the "proper" responses and articles that had been enforced by Mrs. Bird for years. With publication sales dropping and women starting to enter the work force to help the war effort, the news should reflect the needs of the women during the war. Emmy had to convince Mrs. Bird that some changes to the column is vital to helping women endure the war while their husbands are away.
There is a wonderful cast of well-developed characters who each touch your heart. Emmy's best friend Bunty is engaged to marry William who joined the Auxiliary Fire Department before being sent to war with her brother Jack. Emmy also works part time as a telephone operator at the Auxiliary Fire department as well. This is a story of grief, loss, reconciliation, friendship, resilience and uplifting.… (más)