Friday Finds hosted by Should Be Reading asks us to share what great books we heard about or discovered in the past week. While there is many I could post about I always pick one of my favorites.
This week’s find is one I spotted on Shelf Awareness called The Postmistress by Sarah Blake being released by Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam on February 9, 2010. Not only do I think the book sounds good but the cover on this one is simply gorgeous to me. Here’s a bit about the book from Amazon.com…
Those who carry the truth sometimes bear a terrible burden… 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.
On the eve of the United States’s entrance into World War II in 1940, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: She doesn’t deliver a letter.
In London, American radio gal Frankie Bard is working with Edward R. Murrow, reporting on the Blitz. One night in a bomb shelter, she meets a doctor from Cape Cod with a letter in his pocket, a letter Frankie vows to deliver when she returns from Germany and France, where she is to record the stories of war refugees desperately trying to escape.
The residents of Franklin think the war can’t touch them- but as Frankie’s radio broadcasts air, some know that the war is indeed coming. And when Frankie arrives at their doorstep, the two stories collide in a way no one could have foreseen.
The Postmistress is an unforgettable tale of the secrets we must bear, or bury. It is about what happens to love during wartime, when those we cherish leave. And how every story-of love or war-is about looking left when we should have been looking right.
This one sounds like a book I would really enjoy. What about you? What did you find this week? Leave me a comment or link to your post.
If the blurb is even close to being accurate and honest, this will be an awesome read! Nice find!
Lovely cover, sounds like a great read!
I think this sounds really good! Nice find, Dar.
I saw this one too and I also love the cover. It sounds like such a good book.
I thought this one looked terrific also. The cover is just wonderful.
I saw that one too. It looks really good.
I love the cover!
I got out so many great books from the library for the read-a-thon, I am so excited. I can hardly stand being right next to all these great books and reading one! Its killing me. Tomorrow it will be like I died and went to the big library in the sky!
Good luck tomorrow, I will be talkin to ya!
I think I posted this one as my Friday Find a couple of weeks ago…I'm hoping I get one from Shelf Awareness also! Fingers crossed! lol
Barnes and Noble is just wrapping this up for a first look book club. If you're interested in finding more out about it, that would be a good place to start.
I got this book at SIBA and can't wait to read it.
It sounds mysterious!
Good luck to everyone on the readathon!
Have fun!
Not only does it sound good and look gorgeous, I really trust Amy Einhorn's imprint after her inaugural book was "The Help" (winner of the BBAW Best Book of 2009 Award!). I definitely want this one.
It is on my wish list!
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This does look great – thanks for another addition for my TBR list. 🙂
Dar this looks like a great find. I love WWII fiction and non-fiction alike. Thanks for sharing.
By the way I love your new look, it's beautiful!
This cover caught my eye right away too!
This sounds wonderful and, you're right, the cover is gorgeous!
I saw that one too!! Love the cover and thought the story sounded interesting for sure.
I am bit torn about this book. I do so want to read it, but I am a little bit burnt out on WWII reads right now. Hopefully you will read it soon and give me your opinion, and then I can decide if it's for me!