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Led by James Naughtie, readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

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Bookclub: AJ Pearce: Dear Mrs Bird

AJ Pearce: Dear Mrs Bird

BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, AJ Pearce: Dear Mrs Bird

AJ Pearce answers listener questions about her novel Dear Mrs Bird, set in London in the 1940s.

James Naughtie is joined by writer A J Pearce and a group of listeners, as she answers their questions about her bestselling novel Dear Mrs Bird.  Set in London in the 1940s, it’s the story of Emmy who has ambitions to be an intrepid war reporter, but instead finds herself working as a secretary on the agony aunt pages of an old-fashioned women’s magazine. Her main duty is opening and sorting the post but Emmy just can't resist sharing her opinions...
Dear Mrs Bird is a funny, heart-warming novel which does not shy away from the true horrors of war.

Our next Bookclub recordings:  

Ross King, on 8th December. He'll be taking us to Italy with his book Brunelleschi's Dome.  To take part, in person or online, email bookclub@bbc.co.uk

1300 on 18 January at BBC Broadcasting House: Cal Flyn on Islands of Abandonment. email bookclub@bbc.co.uk to come along

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