Dear Miss Lake
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:3rd Jul '25
Should be back in stock very soon

The fourth and final book in the beloved Wartime Chronicles takes us to the end of the Second World War and sees Emmy Lake facing her greatest challenge yet.
The fourth and final book in the beloved Wartime Chronicles takes us to the end of the Second World War and sees Emmy Lake and her friends facing their greatest challenge yet.
'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 Chemistry
'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 Summer
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Dear Mrs Bird, AJ Pearce's Dear Miss Lake returns us to wartime London where Emmy Lake is facing her greatest challenge yet . . .
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 from the doodlebugs, the magazine decamps to the countryside, determined to keep helping the women of Britain and give hope to readers feeling powerless in the face of desperate news.
With husband Charles now posted closer to home, and best friend Bunty at her side, Emmy throws herself into rural life, juggling children, competitive knitters and plans for a very important wedding. And then a phone call comes that means she may finally have the chance to become the war correspondent she always dreamed of.
But disaster strikes, and suddenly Emmy is faced with her biggest challenge yet. Because when your own heart is breaking, how do you help everyone else?
Joyful, moving and uplifting, Dear Miss Lake is the perfect story of the power of friendship and love.
'Inspiring 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 Thinking
'The world AJ Pearce writes is cheerful and charmingand full of wit' - Katie Fforde, author of From London With Love
'Love and laughter for everyone . . . perfect, heart-warming' - Sally Page, author of The Keeper...
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 Chemistry
The world AJ Pearce writes is cheerful and charmingand 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 Love
A 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 Men
There'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 Stories
Inspiring 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 Thinking
What a fabulous, funny, emotive and tugging-at-the-heart-strings book. I loved it -- Jo Thomas, author of The Oyster Catcher
The 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 Snow
Good 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 Summer
A wonderful, warm and engaging story of wartime life -- Margaret Dickinson, author of Plough the Furrow
ISBN: 9781035000838
Dimensions: 225mm x 145mm x 30mm
Weight: 440g
336 pages