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*Selected for Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 Book Club*

'Quirky and charming' Guardian

For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat comes this passionate, bittersweet love story that will move readers old and young

Secretly steaming open envelopes and reading the letters inside, Bilodo has found an escape from his lonely and routine life as a postman. When one day he comes across a mysterious letter containing a single haiku, he finds himself avidly caught up in the relationship between a long-distance couple who write to each other using only beautiful poetry. He feasts on their words, vicariously living a life for which he longs. But it will only be a matter of time before his world comes crashing down around him.

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

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Paperback / softback by Denis Thériault , Liedewy Hawke

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*Selected for Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 Book Club* 'Quirky and charming' Guardian For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed... Read more

    Publisher: Oneworld Publications
    Publication Date: 02/02/2017
    ISBN13: 9781786070531, 978-1786070531
    ISBN10: 1786070537

    Number of Pages: 144

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    *Selected for Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 Book Club*

    'Quirky and charming' Guardian

    For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat comes this passionate, bittersweet love story that will move readers old and young

    Secretly steaming open envelopes and reading the letters inside, Bilodo has found an escape from his lonely and routine life as a postman. When one day he comes across a mysterious letter containing a single haiku, he finds himself avidly caught up in the relationship between a long-distance couple who write to each other using only beautiful poetry. He feasts on their words, vicariously living a life for which he longs. But it will only be a matter of time before his world comes crashing down around him.

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