The Postmistress

The Postmistress (2010) by Sarah Blake. The year is 1940, and the U.S. is just on the verge of entering World War II. The novel shows us three separate stories, which will eventually converge: The first two are people living in the tiny town of Franklin, Mass. One is the wife of a doctor who has gone over to London to offer his aid during the Blitz, one is the postmistress of the town, and the third story is that of a female foreign correspondent covering the German bombing in London. The book eloquently shows the contrast between the sleeping America and the suffering England in the year before the U.S. entered the war. It also brightly delineates the plight of the Jews, which most Americans refused to see. It's a lovely book which I would recommend to any reader willing to devote the time to reading a novel. Grade: B+