Yours Cheerfully

About the book

The bestselling sequel to Dear Mrs Bird. Yours Cheerfully is the charming and hilarious tonic we’ve all been waiting for!

Buoyant and bubbly, a tonic in testing times Mail on Sunday

A brilliant follow up to Dear Mrs Bird - Clare Mackintosh, author of I See You

Full of wit, friendship and the uplifting knowledge that when people come together, great changes can be made – Katie Fforde, author of Wedding Season

London, September, 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Editor, Mrs Henrietta Bird, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake at Woman s Friend magazine. And while the war rages on, Emmy is even firmer that she must do all she can to help on the Home Front. As ever, she is determined to Make a Go of It. When the Ministry of Information calls on Britain s women s magazines to help recruit female supporters to the war effort, Emmy is thrilled to be asked to help.

But when she and best friend Bunty meet a young woman who shows them the real challenges that women war workers face, Emmy must tackle a life-changing dilemma: should she carry out her duty or stand by her friends?

Yours Cheerfully: the best possible antidote for the blahs, the doldrums, all slumps, all dumps, but also effective against letdowns and general malaise. Loved. Every. Word. - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry