{"product_id":"the-postmistress-9780425238691","title":"The Postmistress","description":"\u003cb\u003eExperience World War 2 through the eyes of two very different women in this captivating \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guest Book\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautifully written, thought-provoking novel.\"--Kathryn Stockett, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Help\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say, and 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 both Iris and Frankie know better... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Postmistress\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of two worlds-one shattered by violence, the other willfully naïve--and of two women whose job is 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 stories are told, and how the fact of war is borne even through everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Blake\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Guest Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrange House\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Postmistress\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655409340690,"sku":"9780425238691","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9451cb99-4742-49bc-a121-623848985f04.jpg?v=1762334175","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-postmistress-9780425238691","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}