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A TRUE TALE OF SNOW, RAIN, HEAT, THE GLOOM OF NIGHT, ROGUE DOGS, CRAZY CUSTOMERS, THE AMAZON WARS, A MIDLIFE CRISIS, AND REDISCOVERING AMERICA
〰️ A TRUE TALE OF SNOW, RAIN, HEAT, THE GLOOM OF NIGHT, ROGUE DOGS, CRAZY CUSTOMERS, THE AMAZON WARS, A MIDLIFE CRISIS, AND REDISCOVERING AMERICA
MAILMAN
By Stephen Starring Grant
Praise for MAILMAN
“Mailman pulses with humor and the beauty of simple, everyday courage. In the heart of a small mountain town, Steve Grant’s route as a rural mail carrier becomes a journey of personal redemption, of finding purpose and dignity.”
— Jonathan Safran Foer, New York Times bestselling author of Everything is Illuminated
“A love song to America’s least understood treasure. I will never take my mail carrier for granted again.”
— David Von Drehle, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Charlie
“In this good-natured memoir... Grant illustrates how the work helped him feel useful to a town he’d left behind and reignited his sense of vitality. This has charm to spare.”
— Publishers Weekly
“A charming book that’s guaranteed to make you think differently about the USPS.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“People like to make fun of the Postal Service for being late with deliveries. Well, this book could not be more timely. I needed this reminder that Americans can commit to the greater good, that public servants can be heroes, and that our crazy-quilt culture is a strength, not a weakness. Thank you, Mr. Mailman.”
— AJ Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Constitutionally
“If you’ve ever fantasized about ditching your corporate job for a quieter life in the country, Mailman could be the memoir for you…I’m only a few chapters in, but Grant’s honesty and humor already have me hooked—not to mention the opening scene, which finds him barreling down a dirt road to deliver a two-handed sword and trading Lord of the Rings quotes with its recipient.”
— Dave Mezz, deputy editor, GARDEN & GUN
“A coming-of-age (at middle age) story... Mailman more than delivers.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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