AJ Pearce has created a great boo-hiss villainess in Mrs Porter for her third Emmy Lake book . . . This is at heart a cosy, jolly diversion in the best Joyce Grenfell tradition. - The Times

I raced through Mrs Porter Calling, it is just brilliant, so utterly charming and uplifting . . . all I want is for Emmy and Bunty to be my friends! -- Jill Mansell

[A] charming, comforting book, which never shies away from the horrors and the losses of the war. -- Sarra Manning - Red

AJ Pearce has not lost her touch. Mrs Porter Calling is a winning combination of warmth, humour and a compelling story of the power of friendship. This book really is a joy. -- Katie Fforde

A pleasure you’d be daft to deny yourself . . . Pearce has hit on a winning blend of irrepressible fizz and poignant period charm. - Mail on Sunday

Heartbreaking yet feel-good, we loved it. - Woman & Home

. . . beautifully warm and genuine, and with just enough jeopardy to make this wonderful read all the more satisfying. Sheer perfection. - Heat

The third book in the Emmy Lake Chronicles series, which started with Dear Mrs Bird, is a ray of sunshine. - Good Housekeeping

Being on Team Emmy makes you feel like you are part of her tight circle of friends. - The Lady

Both hilarious and heart-wrenchingly sad, this charming book is an utter delight. - Heat

If ever there was a book to cheer a heart, it’s Mrs Porter Calling. Touching, beyond charming, meticulously researched and full of the best one-liners, it is playful, perky, poignant and perfect. I love, love, LOVED it. -- Milly Johnson

A beautiful story of love and friendship. -- Jo Thomas, author of Retreat to the Spanish Sun

AJ’s writing just goes from strength to strength and I can’t wait for her next one - such a poignantly happy ending to a perfect book! -- Catherine Jones, author of Fates and Fortunes in Little Woodford

Humorous and sharp, poignant and profound, it is a book that will stay in my heart and on my shelf, and I suspect will become a very battered comfort-read, to be returned to whenever my spirit needs a lift or I need a good old sob. -- Iona Grey, author of The Glittering Hour

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. Yours Cheerfully is the second novel in The Emmy Lake Chronicles.