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Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and TJ Klune, this humorous, life-affirming, and charmingly wise novel tells the story of how the forced retirement of a shy, closeted postman in northern England creates a second chance with his lost love, as he learns to embrace his true self, connect with his community, and finally experience his life's great adventure...-- Amazon.
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[2010]
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English
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Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow.
It hasn't snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years, so what are the chances that that will change? Enter the new mailman, Mr. Jack Frost, who not only looks like a jolly old elf but also seems to know a lot about weather patterns, has a fondness for the cold, and works looooooong hours during the holiday season.
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A woman arrives at a small Italian town in the 1930s, with her husband and baby, and is the permanent outsider. She decides to become the town postmistress, the first female to hold that position. An epic novel that spans decades. Salento, Italy, June 1934: A coach stops in the main square of Lizzanello, a tight-knit village where everyone knows each other. A couple gets off: The man, Carlo, a child of the South, is happy to be back home after a long...
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Urban Books
Publication Date
[2022]
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English
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"Jackson Pierce, a discharged ex-military marine, is the new RCA at Clarkston, Michigan post office. He quickly moves up within the ranks, making a name for himself as the friendly neighborhood carrier. Delighted by the many gifts and thanks he receives, Jackson is determined to continue to please the residents of this small town. How far will he go to right the wrongs he's witnessed? The line between right and wrong becomes blurred when a traumatic...
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English
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They say it's always beautiful in Bethlam, Nevada. No place you'd rather live. The people are friendly, if a little nosy, and there's no crime to speak of. Life is pretty perfect. But postal worker Hank Davies has started to suspect something is off in this idyllic little town. And he's certain of that when he realizes the letters he's been delivering are just blank pages. Hank isn't the only one who's noticed the oddities in Bethlam. One such person...
7) Mail
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Warner Books
Publication Date
[1997]
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English
Description
Reminiscent of the novels of Nora Ephron, this brilliantly-written, hilariously touching tale explores a contemporary woman's quirky love life.
Katinka O'Toole has discovered that a degree from Harvard does not always lead to fame and fortune. Divorced and struggling to make a living as a writer, the highlight of her day has become the arrival of the mail. Or, more precisely, the mailman. Yes, she hopes for an acceptance letter, but she also has...
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Faber and Faber
Publication Date
1996.
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English
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A story of big dreams and lost shoes, The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman examines how truth becomes fiction in a joyful and hilarious satire of Florida tourism. Josef Steinmetz is a young immigrant seeking fortune in 1880s South Florida. Earl Shank is a small-town postmaster with an entrepreneurial spirit. When fate delivers Josef like an errant letter into Earl's hands, their disastrous lives become the stuff of legend. Originally published in 1995,...
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Contraband
Publication Date
[2025]
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English
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Clova, Scotland, 1942. As World War II roars overseas, sisters Nell and Effie Anderson are living in the Old Schoolhouse. Effie is a teacher, while Nell works as a postwoman, delivering news--often of the worst--from the frontline to her community. Though the sisters love and care for one another, there are unspoken tensions and mysteries that put distance between them. Then, a plane carrying Canadian and British soldiers crashes over their village,...
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English
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"A tender debut that follows a woman who, after her best friend's death, loses her faith and quits her job to join the postal service, quickly becoming an 'essential worker' as the city shuts down. It's January 2020, and Miriam is already getting a sense that the world might be ending. First, she learns that her best friend, Esther, has died. Then her faith in God--in everything, really--follows suit. Her job teaching Scripture at a private Christian...
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Mailbox mysteries volume 2
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Fremont Creek Press
Publication Date
[2023]
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English
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Autumn finds Kate Duncan settling in at her farmhouse, even though its dated interior has her dreaming of updates that'll have to wait. Because between her shifts at the post office, helping her family with harvest, and adopting a rescue dog, her hands are as full as her heart. But country life takes an unnerving turn when a neighbor's barn goes up in flames. Word spreads quickly that the fire was likely arson, and suspicious whispers begin to fly...
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2022.
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English
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"On a lonely road in a remote desert stands a roadhouse. Formerly a home station on a now abandoned stagecoach route, it is the only source of water and supplies for miles. Accommodations are crude adearnd coarse, the hospitality rough and raw, the proprietor boorish and vulgar. Travelers are few and far between, and almost all must stop for water-which comes at a price. A mounted mail carrier who visits the roadhouse with some regularity suspects...
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[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Publication Date
[2018]
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English
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"It is Valentine's Day in White Eagle, Montana, and Tess and Tilly are busy delivering Valentine Cards along with the daily mail. Of course it wouldn't be Valentine's Day in White Eagle without a mystery to solve or a Holiday Adoption party to prepare for. When a mysterious man comes to town looking for answers about his past, Tess and Tilly team up with Tony to find the answers he seeks. Meanwhile Tess helps Brady make sure that every shelter resident...
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Series
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Every town has one. The big old house which has stood empty for so long that no one really remembers anyone living there. The iconic subject of lore and folktales which hints at supernatural occurrences, tragedy, and family curses, that can be neither confirmed nor denied. For the town of White Eagle Montana the house that served as the subject of ghostly stories by the campfire was a huge old mansion built more than fifty years ago by a wealthy...
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Series
Mailbox mysteries volume route 1
Publisher
Fremont Creek Press
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"All she needs is a fresh start. Can she find it in a familiar place? It's been a rough year for Kate Duncan, both on and off the job. Being a mail carrier puts her in close proximity to her customers, with consequences that can't always be foreseen. So when a position opens at her hometown post office, she decides to put Chicago in her rearview mirror. What follows is a summer filled with change. Kate and her cat settle into a charming apartment...
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Series
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Set in the small town of White Eagle Montana, the series features Tess and her dog Tilly, who spend their days delivering the latest gossip along with the daily mail. When a close friend is murdered they join forces with the new veterinarian in town to sleuth out the truth behind the shocking murder that is rocking the community as it prepares for the annual Christmas Festival"--Page [4] of cover.
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Series
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Publication Date
[2018]
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English
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"It's Mother's Day in White Eagle, Montana, and spring has come to the small foothills community. It's the season for puppies and kittens to be born and rehomed, families to gather for an outdoor picnic and a baseball game, friends to fall in love, and a shocking mystery to filter to the surface after so many years."--Page [4] of cover.
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Series
Mailbox mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Fremont Creek Press
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This holiday season in Eagle River, the past is never far from the present. Kate is bracing herself for a blue Christmas this year. It's the first since her divorce, most of her decorations are missing after too-many moves, and her impromptu gesture of goodwill to one struggling family has caused trouble at the post office. But her troubles take a back seat after a mail stop at one of the area's oldest churches presents a puzzling dilemma. The rural...


