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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The postmistress by sarah blake reading group guide. Apr 09, 2010 the sunday times bestseller the postmistress by sarah blake is a heartrending and profoundly moving story of love and loss in world war ii. The guest book ebook by sarah blake 9781250110268 rakuten. Dec 24, 2009 sarah is the author of the novels, grange house, the bestselling the postmistress, and the guest book forthcoming. The postmistress cuyahoga county public library overdrive. Pdf the postmistress download full pdf book download. Dec 14, 2015 the postmistress by sarah blake in chm, doc, rtf download e book. The postmistress, a new novel by sarah blake, tells two stories set during the early days of world war ii. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say, and believes her job is to deliver secrets. Please join us in reading our pick of the month book the postmistress by sarah blake. She lives in washington dc with her husband, the poet joshua weiner, their two sons, and a little white dog. Last week my book club met for the discussion of the postmistress by sarah blake. The postmistress by sarah blake the stories of a small cape cod postmistress and an american radio reporter stationed in london.