those Who Carry The Truth Sometimes Bear A Terrible Weight...
it Is 1940. France Has Fallen. Bombs Are Dropping On London. And President Roosevelt Is Promising He Won't Send Our Boys To Fight In Foreign Wars.
but American Radio Gal Frankie Bard, The First Woman To Report From The Blitz In London, Wants Nothing More Than To Bring The War Home. Frankie's Radio Dispatches Crackle Across The Atlantic Ocean, Imploring Listeners To Pay Attention As The Nazis Bomb London Nightly, And Jewish Refugees Stream Across Europe. Frankie Is Convinced That If She Can Just Get The Right Story, It Will Wake Americans To Action And They Will Join The Fight.
meanwhile, In Franklin, Massachusetts, A Small Town On Cape Cod, Iris James Hears Frankie's Broadcasts And Knows That It Is Only A Matter Of Time Before The War Arrives On Franklin's Shores. In Charge Of The Town's Mail, Iris Believes That Her Job Is To Deliver And Keep People's Secrets, Passing Along The News That...
the Washington Post - Chris Bohjalian
it Is, Perhaps, The Middle Third Of the Postmistress That Is Most Poignant And Authentic And, I Believe, Gets At The Heart Of Blake's Intention For This Novel: The Idea That Americans Were Not Paying Attention Between 1933 And 1941. In This Section, Frankie Travels On Trains Across France In 1941 With Jewish Refugees Trying To Reach Spain Or Portugal Or A Boat West To The Americas. Frankie Is Using A Recording Technology, Blake Admits In An Author's Note, That Wouldn't Have Been Available To Her For Another Two Years, But Her Interviews With The Families Are Profoundly Affecting, And The Tension Is Riveting As Each Visa Is Checked. The Stakes Are High For These Refugees, And Here The Novel Soars.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- General
- Historical Fiction
Publisher : An Amy Einhorn Books
Author : Blake, Sarah
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2010-02-09
Number Of Pages : 326
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0399156194
ISBN-13 : 9780399156199
Item weight : 1.2 lb
Dimensions : 1.4 in x 6.4 in x 9.1 in
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