Cover Designs is a feature in which I try to match up the outfit on a book cover with a dress pattern and sometimes even potential fabric matches as well.
Today's pick is Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce.
Summary from the Publisher
London 1940, bombs are falling. Emmy Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort, volunteering as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent seem suddenly achievable. But the job turns out to be typist to the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird. Emmy is disappointed, but gamely bucks up and buckles down.
Mrs Bird is very clear: Any letters containing Unpleasantness—must go straight in the bin. But when Emmy reads poignant letters from women who are lonely, may have Gone Too Far with the wrong men and found themselves in trouble, or who can’t bear to let their children be evacuated, she is unable to resist responding. As the German planes make their nightly raids, and London picks up the smoldering pieces each morning, Emmy secretly begins to write letters back to the women of all ages who have spilled out their troubles.
This retro inspired outfit could be put together fairly quickly - you could use the Astoria Sweater pattern by Seamwork to sew up a knit top; you'd just have to shorten the sleeve to get this look! It even has a nice ribbing at the bottom to copy this cover image really closely.
Enjoy this charming story with its vintage flair and make yourself a bright vintage inspired outfit to wear while reading!
There are three books in this series and I really enjoyed them all! It isn't every author who can capture the awful experience of living through wartime London with an undertone of humour. I was pleased to see on the author's website that she is working on a fourth book to continue the story.
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean to hit publish as I wanted to add that it is fun to contrast the different covers and see if it influences you to pick up the book. Here is another version: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/dear-mrs.-bird-a-novel/9781501170072.html.
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