Dear Miss Lake, 9781035000845
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Wartime agony aunt faces love, loss, and her biggest challenge.
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Dear Miss Lake

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2025

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Summary

Dear Miss Lake: An Uplifting Wartime Tale of Friendship and Love

England, July 1944. After nearly five years of war, the nation is weary, and the readers of Woman’s Friend need agony aunt Emmy Lake more than ever. With London under attack, the magazine moves to the countryside, determined to keep helping the women of Britain and give hope to readers feeling powerless.

With her husband, Charles, now closer to home, and her best friend, Bunty, at her side, Emmy embrac…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035000845
ISBN-10:1035000849
Series:The Wartime Chronicles
Author:AJ Pearce
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:15 December 2025
Weight:416g
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm x 26mm
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Critics Review

It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy! – Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in ChemistryThe world AJ Pearce writes is cheerful and charming and full of wit, but she doesn’t avoid the hardship and the tragedy of wartime. Her books are ultimately uplifting, even if we have cried a lot while reading them! – Katie Fforde, author of From London With LoveA celebration of courage in all its forms … I bit my nails, cried and cheered as I read. These plucky, loving characters have become my true friends – Julie Mae Cohen, author of Bad MenThere’ll be love and laughter for everyone reading Dear Miss Lake, just you wait and see! AJ Pearce’s war time series is destined to become a cherished classic. Dear Miss Lake was the perfect, heart-warming ending. – Sally Page, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of StoriesInspiring and spirited, charming, touching and funny. If ever there was a perfect book, this was it for me. Love, love, loved it beyond words – Milly Johnson, author of The Queen of Wishful ThinkingWhat a fabulous, funny, emotive and tugging-at-the-heart-strings book. I loved it – Jo Thomas, author of The Oyster CatcherThe characters in Dear Miss Lake captured my heart. They are such lovely people, with such a bright, courageous, compassionate outlook on life - it’s the reading equivalent of curling up with a mug of tea and a friend to chat to – Tracy Rees, author of Amy SnowGood hearted, touching, funny and emotional, it’s the perfect escape and really should be prescribed as a national tonic – Jill Mansell, author of An Almost Perfect SummerA wonderful, warm and engaging story of wartime life – Margaret Dickinson, author of Plough the Furrow

About The Author

AJ Pearce

AJ Pearce grew up in Hampshire, England. Her debut novel, Dear Mrs Bird, was a Sunday Times and international bestseller and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut of the Year and the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown for best historical debut. Dear Miss Lake is the fourth novel in The Wartime Chronicles.

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