{"product_id":"the-postmistress-2","title":"The Postmistress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThose who carry the truth sometimes bear a terrible burden...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatch a Video\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Blake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44541158719657,"sku":"9780399156199","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780399156199.jpg?v=1723862612","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-postmistress-2","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}