The story follows Emmy Lake, working at a women's magazine and her responsibilities include answering the advice letters in the Yours, Cheerfully column and writing articles about women working in factories to help with the war efforts. When some of her new friends, widowed mothers with young children come into trouble for bringing their kids to work, Emmy rallies her friends, colleagues and editors at the paper to try and improve their situation. All the while, trying to plan her wedding before her soon-to-be husband has to be sent off to the front. Will she manage it all, and keep her own job?

I went in absolutely unaware, thought it was a standalone book, but turns out that its a sequel! I loved the diverse cast of characters, the dialogue was dynamic, vintage and had a cheeky bite to it. The situation Emmy found herself in was really interesting and you could tell the stakes were pretty serious for her, her friends and other women across the country, helping with the war effort. I love learning more about people's daily lives during the war so this was a fantastic book for me. I'll definitely be picking up Dear Mrs Bird as soon as humanly possible and I'll be seeking out more books by AJ Pearce, or reading upon on more authors with a similar writing style and genre!

An absolutely enjoyable read from start to finish that I just couldn't put down!