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AJ Pearce grew up in Hampshire in the south of England. She studied at the University of Sussex and Northwestern University. A chance discovery of a 1939 women's magazine became the inspiration for her historical series set in WW2, The Chronicles of Emmy Lake.

Funny, heartbreaking and always feel-good, if you're looking for uplifting novels about friendship and community, you've come to the right place.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 76,507 ratings · 10,586 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 56,970 ratings — published 2018 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yours Cheerfully (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 12,277 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 5,647 ratings — published 2023 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Miss Lake (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 1,597 ratings — published 2025 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disappeared / Dear Mrs. Bird / The Echo Killing / Between You & Me by C.J. Box, A.J. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Christi Daugherty 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Porter Calling: A Novel by A.J. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Anna Popplewell (Narrator) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fallen / Yours Cheerfully / Dead by Dawn / A Spot of Trouble by Linda Castillo (Goodreads Author), A.J. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Paul Doiron (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Book on Netgalley UK!

Hi everyone,

This is just to let users of Netgalley in the UK know that my new novel, Mrs Porter Calling, is now available to request.

I hope you enjoy it! If you do, please do leave a review there - it really helps!

Thanks so much,
AJ

It's actually published until 25 May 2023 in the UK, and then 8 August in the USA and Canada.

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“Find out what you're good at...and then get even better. That's the key.”
― A.J. Pearce, Dear Mrs. Bird

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“My mother never gave in. One of Father's friends had once said that if Mother had been in charge, the Great War would have been over by 1916. Father had replied that if my mother had been in charge, she would have made damn sure the bloody thing hadn't started in the first place. Mother always said it wasn't just about keeping going, but about standing up for what you believed in as well.”
― A.J. Pearce, Dear Mrs. Bird

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“I tried to take a deep breath and be British and brave, but it didn't work, and instead, the tears began. Masses of them. Where did tears like that come from and how did they get there so fast? Were they always there, just waiting for something awful to happen? What a horrible job they had.”
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