Pochtal'onsha

Süditalien 1934: Eine selbstbewusste junge Frau aus dem Norden bringt als erste Briefträgerin frischen Wind in ein kleines Dorf.Lizzanello, ein beschauliches Dorf, in dem sich alle kennen: Als Anna und Carlo hier 1934 frisch vermählt mit dem Bus aus dem Norden eintreffen, freut sich Carlo, endlich zurück in seiner Heimat zu sein. Doch Anna denkt darüber nach, was für ein Leben sie als Norditalienerin in dem kleinen Ort erwartet, in dem ganz eigene Gesetze herrschen. Allen Widerständen zum Trotz geht Anna mutig und entschlossen ihren eigenen Weg - und bringt als erste Briefträgerin frischen Wind nach Lizzanello. Über zwanzig Jahre lang, erst zu Fuß, dann mit dem Fahrrad, trägt sie die Post aus: Ansichtskarten von Emigranten, Briefe von Soldaten an der Front, Mitteilungen von heimlichen Liebhabern. Und irgendwann muss sie sich fragen, wie lange sie eigentlich noch ihre eigenen Gefühle verbergen kann, die sie seit Jahren für den Bruder ihres Ehemanns empfindet.

What would happen if you finally met your soul mate - but they were married to someone else?<BR><BR>THE SWEEPING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER<BR><BR>'Ambition, forbidden love and great longing... A magnificent storyteller' Adriana Trigiani<BR><BR>'[A] five-star read . . . If you love a family saga, sprinkled with historical fiction elements, and strong female protagonists, you need to read this book' theSkimm<BR><BR>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 time away; the woman, Anna his wife, is a stranger from the North. Carlo's brother is there to meet them, and he and everyone else can't help but notice that Anna is as beautiful as a Greek statue. But Anna is not like the other wives. She doesn't gossip or attend church. She reads books no one else has ever heard of. She even wears pants, just like a man, and thinks a woman should have rights just like a man. There aren't many options for a woman with Anna's sensibilities, so when she learns that the post office is hiring, she leaps at the opportunity. <BR><BR>A female letter carrier? It is unthinkable. But Anna soon becomes the invisible thread connecting the town as she delivers letters between clandestine lovers, families waiting to hear news of loved ones away at war, even helping those who can't read. But for some in Lizzanello, letters come too little and too late. The seamstress, who was Carlo's first love, can't help but look at Anna as having taken her rightful place. Carlo's niece has put herself in a loveless marriage after an impetuous act of jealousy. And Carlo and his brother find themselves trying to cover up a recently unearthed surprise that could shatter all of their lives.<BR><BR>'Transportive, poignant, lush... Giannone brings the sun-soaked vineyards of southern Italy to life. At the beating heart of it all is Anna, the rule-breaking, big-hearted letter carrier' Juliet Grames<BR><BR>'Weaving herself into the fabric of a southern Italian village during WWII, Anna challenges the status quo as the first female letter carrier in town' Barnes & Noble