The Postmistress

This is indeed a mysteriously good book. It takes place at the beginning of WWII, and the postmaster of a small town in Massachusetts is put on the spot - should she deliver a letter to a pregnant wife in town, whose doctor husband has gone to England, a letter that might upset her so much she could possibly lose their baby, or should she wait? And if she waits is that ethical, the postmistress has always taken great pride in that past that all letters got through ... what should she do now? To complicate matters a young broadcasting journalist, who has just returned from journeying through an increasingly Nazi Europe has come to the town for a much needed stay, as she too struggles with how much to tell about the coming horrors she's experienced .... these two women will come together to make one of the most crucial decisions of their life; will the town survive the news, what new roles will each of them be forced to make? This book gives us insight into an issue that faces every one of us who at sometime have information that we know could be harmful but have a duty to deliver it.
BLAKE, Sarah; 'The Postmistress,' New York, New York. Berkley Publishing Group.
2010 ISBN: 978042523869-1