"An utter delight of a read as we step back in time to the extraordinary efforts on the home front from the offices of magazine Woman’s Friend"
The third book in the delightful Emmy Lake Chronicles, Mrs Porter Calling is an absolute gem.
With the whole gamut of human emotion on display, of humour, joy, friendship, love, grief and despair, it has such a classic feel that you are taken right back to London in 1943. You can’t help but fall into the pages, into the time with AJ Pearce’s descriptive language as you laugh and cry with her story.
Emmy Lake is the agony aunt at successful magazine Woman’s Friend, doing a grand job of supporting the war effort and being there for their readers in need. The team that Editor Guy Collins has built is a family however new owner the Honourable Mrs Cressida Porter has some ideas of her own and in true Devil Wears Prada style she tries to put her own stamp on the publication.
Every bit as heartwarming as Dear Mrs Bird and Yours Cheerfully this is another celebration of female friendship, a testament to the strength of women and the importance of supporting each other, even in the most challenging of times.
You shout for Emmy and her co-conspirators every step of the way on their journey and can’t fail to be moved by their courage and bravery and standing up for what they believe in. It’s a tonic. A joy. A step back in time. I devoured every page and call for more Emmy Lake, please.
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