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The postmistress /

In London covering the Blitz with Edward R. Murrow, Frankie Bard meets a Cape Cod doctor in a shelter and promises that she'll deliver a letter for him when she finally returns to the United States. Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, "The Postmistress" is a sweeping...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blake, Sarah, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Amy Einhorn Books, [2010]
Subjects:
Postmasters > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Massachusetts > Franklin > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Radio broadcasting and the war > Fiction.
London (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1941 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:In London covering the Blitz with Edward R. Murrow, Frankie Bard meets a Cape Cod doctor in a shelter and promises that she'll deliver a letter for him when she finally returns to the United States. Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, "The Postmistress" is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women--and of two countries torn apart by war.
Physical Description:326 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780399156199 (alk. paper)
0399156194 (alk. paper)