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The Postmistress

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The Postmistress

February 2010

Sarah Blake's THE POSTMISTRESS is a wonderful and engaging story of three women set during 1941 as the war is raging in Europe and America is not yet involved in the conflict, though people are wondering when, not if, we will be.

The prose drops readers into London where it’s raining bombs, and I could hear the rumbles and feel the way people’s lives were shattered as I turned the pages; Blake captures the collateral damage of war. One of the women is a war correspondent in London, the other two are in Massachusetts --- a postmistress and a doctor's wife. The way their lives collide and weave together made me want to read this book without interruption. It reels you in and surrounds you with details, all with careful, beautiful language. Frankie, the war reporter, was my favorite character probably because for me Blake’s writing is strongest when she tells this part of the story. Rich with detail and laced with emotion, THE POSTMISTRESS is one not to miss, and for those in book clubs, this is one to add to your list to read and discuss.

The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake

  • Publication Date: February 9, 2010
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
  • ISBN-10: 0399156194
  • ISBN-13: 9780399156199