by Sarah Blake
First published 2010
Frankie Bard broadcasts from London in 1940, one of the first female war correspondents covering the Blitz. Bombs fall nightly as Jewish refugees flee across Europe in terror. Frankie searches for the right story to push America into action. Across the Atlantic in Franklin, Massachusetts, Iris James runs the post office and listens to Frankie's reports each night. She knows war will reach their small town soon. As postmaster, Iris delivers and guards other people's secrets. Doctor Will Fitch and his wife Emma also tune in to Frankie's broadcasts every evening. When Will decides to heed Frankie's words and depart for the front lines, the lives of these three women collide in unexpected ways. The story explores how war transforms ordinary people and how news travels between those who witness history and those who wait for it to arrive.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, intimate
Setting: London, Franklin, Massachusetts
Period: 1940
382 pages · Hardcover · Van Holkema & Warendorf
Content warnings: war