Yours Cheerfully (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, 2)

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But perhaps that is one of the points of the book—that the war propelled women out of their traditional roles and into the mess of life, while the men kept a stiff upper lip and carried on. With happiness quickly turning to heartbreak and war still raging in Europe, will Emmy and her friends find the inner strength they need to keep keeping on - and save the magazine they love?

It’s really upbeat and I think sets the scene for the novel beautifully – do find it on Spotify when you start reading the book! Full of the cheerful bravery and good humor that makes AJ Pearce’s writing so special, with punch-the-air moments set against the sadness and loss of war. Yours Cheerfully: the best possible antidote for the blahs, the doldrums, all slumps, but also effective against letdowns and general malaise. Emmy is thrilled to do her part, but then she is confronted with the very real challenges that women war workers face and takes a stand to support her new friends.Her relationship with boyfriend Charles is blossoming, while Emmy’s best friend Bunty, still reeling from the very worst of the Blitz, is bravely looking to the future. Pearce captures the spirit and hopefulness of those left at home during war, and readers will delight in this second chance to ride along with Emmy. What I’m trying to communicate is that I see a different degree of war intensity between the two books, but they are both upbeat and charming in tone. But when she and Bunty meet a young woman who shows them the very real challenges that women war workers face, Emmy must tackle a life-changing dilemma between doing her duty, and standing by her friends.

A heart-warming, heart-wrenching wartime story from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird, AJ Pearce. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. And while the war rages on, Emmy is even firmer that she must do all she can to help on the Home Front. Following a bidding auction, Pearce landed a two-book publishing deal with Picador in 2016 with potential for more.

I was really lucky to meet a wonderful lady who told me of her childhood memories playing in a factory where her mother worked, and this inspired me to investigate the issue of female war workers. She is known for her Sunday Times Bestselling historical fiction series The Emmy Lake Chronicles, beginning with Dear Mrs Bird in 2018. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Emmy reflects that in the letters to Yours Cheerfully the readers often “referred to something a friend of theirs had said. It is described as ‘every bit as funny, heartwarming, and touching as AJ Pearce’s debut,Dear Mrs Bird….

She worked in entertainment marketing and publishing for an engineering magazine before going into writing, a hobby she enjoyed as a child and rediscovered in 2005. The Times bestseller, Yours Cheerfully, is the uplifting sequel to Dear Mrs Bird and the second novel in the series The Emmy Lake Chronicles. Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce will be published June 24th with Picador and is the second book featuring aspiring journalist Emmeline (Emmy) Lake. The new story of friendship, love and courage when all seems lost from AJ Pearce, The Sunday Times bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird and Yours Cheerfully. Dear Mrs Bird centers around the London Blitz and its affect on Londoners (bombings are a part of the story) and follows Emmy as she begins her journalism career, Yours Cheerfully focuses on the war effort from the perspective of women left behind and on Emmy’s activism.Every bit as funny, heartwarming, and touching as AJ Pearce’s debut, Dear Mrs Bird, and an instant Top 5 Bestseller in The Times, Yours Cheerfully is a celebration of friendship, a testament to the strength of women and the importance of lifting each other up, even in the most challenging times. Things are looking up for Emmy Lake as she takes on the challenge of becoming a young wartime advice columnist. AJ Pearce shines a light on the hardships that women factory workers faced during World War II, an echo to the plight of working mothers today. I like a series that follows one character (as opposed to other series that rotate the protagonist of each story). Collins and Charles, though half-brothers, present two very different male experiences during World War II.

And it’s actually played at one point in one of my favourite scenes in the book, with Emmy and Bunty. Bird, Emmeline Lake continues her journalism career as an advice columnist for Woman’s Friend magazine. A chance discovery of a 1939 women’s magazine became the inspiration for her series The Emmy Lake Chronicles, which includes Dear Mrs. Bird, Yours Cheerfully is an endearing portrait of female friendship and “a fruitful exploration of the solidarity among women in times of grief, love, and hardship” ( Publishers Weekly). Her reputation hasn’t been the best in the past and now Emmy is ready to grab this second chance and become the journalist she always dreamt of being.Emmy gets an opportunity to visit one of the munitions factories and, although very much taken with the camaraderie of the women, she is shocked at the manner in which they are treated.