NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[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 Discover a little town in southern Italy that might be just like every town—with
women and men husband and wives fathers and sons mothers and daughters all trying to
navigate the world while staying true to their hearts. What would happen if you finally met
your soul mate—but they were married to someone else? 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 exploring ideas that some find threatening. 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. A female letter carrier? It is unthinkable! But Anna
passes the postal exam and soon becomes the invisible thread connecting the town as she
delivers letters between clandestine lovers families waiting to hear news of loves ones away
at war and even helping those who can’t read. Letters connect people and they convey
information and emotion. But for some in Lizzanello letters are too little and too late. The
Letter Carrier taps into the universal feeling of connection—and what happens when that
connection perhaps comes at the wrong time.
