Yours Cheerfully : an inspirational story of wartime friendship from the author of Dear Mrs Bird

Author: Pearce, AJ

London, Greater London

Published on 7 July 2022 by Pan Macmillan (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘The Wartime Chronicles’ series.

Paperback | 368 pages
129 x 196 x 27 | 264g

Comforting, charming and hilarious, Yours Cheerfully is the tonic we’ve all been waiting for, from AJ Pearce, the beloved author of Dear Mrs Bird.

Loved. Every. Word.’ – Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in ChemistryLondon, September 1941. For plucky, determined Emmy Lake, working at Womans Friend magazine has become everything she dreamed, especially since the departure of the magazines formidable editor, Henrietta Bird. Now Emmy really can get on and Do Her Bit.

When the Ministry of Information calls on Womans Friend to help recruit female supporters to the war effort, Emmy is thrilled, but soon she and best friend Bunty meet a young woman who shows them the real challenges that women war workers face. Suddenly Emmy must tackle a life-changing dilemma: should she carry out her duty or stand by her friends?’Absolutely lovely!’ Marian Keyes’Buoyant . . . a tonic in testing times’ Mail on Sunday’A brilliant follow up to Dear Mrs Bird’ Clare Mackintosh’Full of wit, friendship and the uplifting knowledge that when people come together, great changes can be made’ Katie Fforde