July 18, 2021
Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce
Emmy Lake is an aspiring columnist at a women's magazine in London when the Ministry of Information asks all the women's magazines and columns to help them recruit women workers. Emmy jumps at the chance for greater responsibility. Although she embraces the challenge and plans a series of columns about women doing war work, a visit to a munitions factory staffed by women brings home the stark reality of mothers working in wartime. Emmy resolves to do everything she can to help these women.
Bunty, Emmy's best friend, is shattered when she finds out that her fiance has been killed in action, and the Blitz makes her anxiety even worse. Emmy and her fiance Charles decide to plan a hasty wedding when they learn that Charles is being shipped overseas. The difficulties with transportation during wartime make the build-up to the wedding a comedy of errors with a happy conclusion.
This is the second book by the author featuring these characters. The story is heartwarming and often funny, while also heartbreaking at times.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC.
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