Dear Mrs Bird…wisdom in novels

Dear Mrs Bird, This is what I have learned from your heartwarming novel

BookTrail Dear Mrs Bird 

Live for the moment…

“I told myself we could all get blown up by tomorrow so we might just as well enjoy ourselves.”

Don’t depend on a man – be independent and do your own thing…

“Granny didn’t spend half her life chaining herself to railings for today’s woman to moon around waiting for some chap to look after her.”

Life goes on..

‘Britain was twenty one miles away from a Europe in tatters and Women’s Friend gave its few remaining readers advice about fat arms.’

The British “Keep Calm and Carry On’ is admirable:

‘Mother always worried about how we kept going. I had no idea. We just did.’

British people like to talk about the weather even in war time:

‘The sun had pulled its socks up and was making a good effort in the almost cloudless winter sky’

Good things come in small bundles

You might not work at the level you would like, but you can make a difference in the smallest of roles

Writing a letter is a lost art

This entire novel is testament to that!

All you need sometimes is a kind word, a friendly voice…

Emmy likes to believe that Everything Is Absolutely Tip Top and even uses capital letters to prove it

So, whilst this novel doesn’t shy away from the horrors of war and the personal turmoil of those left behind, it shows what the British resolve can do, and how the simple act of writing letters, reaching out to people and being nice can make the biggest of differences.

Susan BookTrailer

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