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Mrs. Porter Calling : A Novel by A. J. Pearce (2024, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherScribner

ISBN-10166800772X

ISBN-139781668007723

eBay Product ID (ePID)12063402178

Product Key Features

Book TitleMrs. Porter Calling : a Novel

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicContemporary Women, Coming of Age

Publication Year2024

GenreFiction

AuthorA. J. Pearce

Book SeriesThe Emmy Lake Chronicles Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-015781

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230403

ReviewsPraise for Mrs. Porter Calling: "Immersive... Pearce enhances the [story] with lively characters, showing how they find joy in simple pleasures and humor in the face of loss." --Publishers Weekly "Delightful...with liberal amounts of pluck, compassion, and the day-to-day details of wartime life in London...For readers who love plucky heroines or World War II fiction - or who just need encouragement to keep going in tough times - Mrs. Porter Calling is just the thing." -- Shelf Awareness "Clear a space on the shelf reserved for your favorite comfort books. Mrs. Porter Calling is the rare novel that manages to be deep as it is delightful. Funny, endearing, heartbreaking, and uplifting -- it's a thoroughly entrancing story about friendship, work, and finding the best in life, even during the worst of times." --Nina de Gramont, author of The Christie Affair "Both endearing and amusing. While the realities of war are not ignored, the focus of this heartwarming story is on how these people meet their difficulties with optimism and determination and move forward knowing that they are not alone." --Booklist

Series Volume Number3

Dewey Decimal823/.92

SynopsisFrom the author of the bestselling "jaunty, heartbreaking winner" ( People ) Dear Mrs. Bird , a charming, heartwarming World War II novel featuring aspiring journalist and advice columnist Emmy Lake as she navigates life, love, and female friendship in wartime London--perfect for fans of The Paris Library and Lessons in Chemistry . London, April 1943. Twenty-five-year-old Emmy Lake is doing her part for the wartime women's effort in London by spearheading the hugely popular "Yours Cheerfully" advice column in Woman's Friend magazine. The postbags are full, Emmy's guidance offers much needed support to her readers, and Woman's Friend is thriving. Cheered on by her best friends Bunty and Thelma, and resolute in the absence of her husband who is fighting in the army, Emmy is dedicated to helping women on the home front face the increasing challenges brought about by over three years of war. But Emmy's world is turned upside down when glamorous socialite, the Honorable Cressida Porter, becomes the new publisher of the magazine, and wants to change everything about it. Aided by Mrs. Pye, a Paris-obsessed editor with delusions of grandeur, and Small Winston, the grumpiest dog in London, Mrs. Porter fills the pages with expensive fashions and frivolous articles about her friends. Worst of all, she announces that she is cutting the advice column. Her vision for the publication's future is dreadful and Emmy is determined to fight back. Emmy and her friends must save the magazine they love, but when personal tragedy strikes, they are forced to face the very real implications of life in war-torn London. Set in 1943 but inherently resonant with how we live today, Pearce's signature blend of laugh-out-loud funny and heartbreakingly sad storytelling delivers a tribute to the strength of friendships. An enriching story about women coming together, Pearce's latest novel is the perfect tonic for our times., From the author of the bestselling "jaunty, heartbreaking winner" ( People ) Dear Mrs. Bird , a charming and irresistible novel featuring aspiring journalist Emmy Lake as she navigates life, love, and friendship in London during World War II--perfect for fans of The Paris Library and Lessons in Chemistry . London, April 1943. Twenty-five-year-old Emmy Lake is doing her part for the war effort by spearheading the hugely popular "Yours Cheerfully" advice column in Woman's Friend magazine. The postbags are full, Emmy's guidance offers much needed support to her readers, and Woman's Friend is thriving. Cheered on by her best friends Bunty and Thelma, and resolute in the absence of her husband who is fighting in the army, Emmy is dedicated to helping women face the increasing challenges brought about by over three years of war. But Emmy's world is turned upside down when glamorous socialite, the Honorable Cressida Porter, becomes the new publisher of the magazine, and wants to change everything about it. Aided by Mrs. Pye, a Paris-obsessed editor with delusions of grandeur, and Small Winston, the grumpiest dog in London, Mrs. Porter fills the pages with expensive fashions and frivolous articles about her friends. Worst of all, she announces that she is cutting the advice column. Her vision for the publication's future is dreadful and Emmy is determined to fight back. Emmy and her friends must save the magazine they love, but when personal tragedy strikes, they are forced to face the very real implications of life in war-torn London. Set in 1943 but inherently resonant with how we live today, Pearce's signature blend of laugh-out-loud funny and heartbreakingly sad storytelling delivers a tribute to the strength of friendships. An enriching story about women coming together, Pearce's latest novel is the perfect tonic for our times.

LC Classification NumberPR6116.E1675M77 2023