Set during the beginning of World War 2, The Postmistress tells the stories of three young women.
Iris - looking for love and keeping order, this postmaster always does her job with pride. However, at the beginning of the story, we are told maybe she didn't do what she was supposed to do. Just one time.
Emma - a shy woman who feels so insignificant, except to her husband.
Frankie - a reporter in the midst of all the bombing, searching for something and finding too much.
These three women are brought to life in a mix of fact and fiction. Sarah does a fantastic thing, making me feel so much in a single paragraph. Over and over. Life and death, how fast one changes to the other, and the impact it leaves on others.
I love how real, how honest, this novel is. How sometimes I just cried and cried over the tragedy that's important to remember. I love how the battlefield wasn't the main focus, but the lives it affected.
I recommend The Postmistress to everyone. 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0425238695/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_3FMBub00B1304
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