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The postmistress [Book Club Kit], Sarah Blake

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In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say-for example, that Emma Trask has come to marry the town's doctor, and that Harry Vale watches the ocean for U-boats. Iris believes her job is to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the unthinkable: slips a letter into her pocket, reads it, and doesn't deliver it. Meanwhile, Frankie Bard broadcasts from overseas with Edward R. Murrow. Her dispatches beg listeners to pay heed as the Nazis bomb London nightly. Most of the townspeople of Franklin think the war can't touch them. But Iris and Emma and Frankie know better... The Postmistress is a tale of two worlds -- one shattered by violence, the other willfully naive -- and of two women whose jobs are to deliver the news, yet who find themselves unable to do so. Through their eyes, and the eyes of everyday people caught in history's tide, it examines how we tell each other stories, and how we bear the fact of war as we live ordinary lives
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
371 pages.
Note
ISBN: 9780425238691 (pbk.) 9780425244173 (pbk.), 9780399156199 (h.c.)
Contents
  • Kit contains the following items: 10 books, 1 title/procedure card, 1 reading & discussion guide and 1 bag
Isbn
9780399156199
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The postmistress [Book Club Kit]
Title
The postmistress [Book Club Kit]
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Sarah Blake
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say-for example, that Emma Trask has come to marry the town's doctor, and that Harry Vale watches the ocean for U-boats. Iris believes her job is to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the unthinkable: slips a letter into her pocket, reads it, and doesn't deliver it. Meanwhile, Frankie Bard broadcasts from overseas with Edward R. Murrow. Her dispatches beg listeners to pay heed as the Nazis bomb London nightly. Most of the townspeople of Franklin think the war can't touch them. But Iris and Emma and Frankie know better... The Postmistress is a tale of two worlds -- one shattered by violence, the other willfully naive -- and of two women whose jobs are to deliver the news, yet who find themselves unable to do so. Through their eyes, and the eyes of everyday people caught in history's tide, it examines how we tell each other stories, and how we bear the fact of war as we live ordinary lives
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1960-
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Blake, Sarah
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3552.L3493
LC item number
P67 2010
Literary form
fiction
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Postmasters
  • London (England)
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The postmistress [Book Club Kit], Sarah Blake
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Publication
Note
ISBN: 9780425238691 (pbk.) 9780425244173 (pbk.), 9780399156199 (h.c.)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Kit contains the following items: 10 books, 1 title/procedure card, 1 reading & discussion guide and 1 bag
Extent
371 pages.
Isbn
9780399156199
Lccn
2009024532
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
2009024532
Label
The postmistress [Book Club Kit], Sarah Blake
Publication
Note
ISBN: 9780425238691 (pbk.) 9780425244173 (pbk.), 9780399156199 (h.c.)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Kit contains the following items: 10 books, 1 title/procedure card, 1 reading & discussion guide and 1 bag
Extent
371 pages.
Isbn
9780399156199
Lccn
2009024532
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
2009024532

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