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The Postmistress
Paperback, 371 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $15 | purchase
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Book Summary
The stories of a Cape Cod postmistress and an American radio reporter stationed in London collide on the eve of the United States' entrance into World War II, a meeting shaped by a broken promise to deliver a letter.
Awards and Recognition
40 weeks on NPR Paperback Fiction Bestseller List
This book is about:
- Bombardment, 1940-1941,
- Radio broadcasting and the war,
- Franklin,
- Postmasters,
- London (England),
- Massachusetts,
- World War, 1939-1945,
- Historical fiction,
- History,
- Fiction
NPR stories about The Postmistress
Critics' Lists: Summer 2010
Booksellers' Picks: 15 Soaring Summer Reads
May 31, 2010 Susan Stamberg gathers recommendations from booksellers Rona Brinlee, Lucia Silva and Daniel Goldin. Their selections for summertime reading include books about small-town America, a polygamist father in over his head, and a postmistress in New England during World War II.
Author Interviews
Telling Stories Of War, One Person At A Time
February 10, 2010 The Postmistress, a new novel by Sarah Blake, tells two stories set during the early days of World War II. In the first, an American radio reporter sends back dispatches from London during the Blitz, and in the second, two residents of a small Massachusetts town respond to those reports.
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