A debut that follows a woman who, after her best friend's death, loses her faith and quits her job to join the postal service, quickly becoming an 'essential worker' as the city shuts down.
Like many great novels, the specifics are clear ... The universal human story of losing a loved one comes alive amid the backdrop of these specifics, like many great novels ... It is very moving ... A good book for anyone ... Hwang is comfortable switching from a language that is a myopic closeup in its descriptiveness to free-wheeling poetic grandeur on the same page, entering the mind and soul of the woman who is our heroine ... Mesmerizing, and strangely comforting.
Quiet, contemplative ... A true-to-life look at the haze of grief, the uncertainty and confusion of early 2020, and the inner workings of the postal service.
Quietly hopeful ... Hwang’s debut novel depicts with care and a touch of humor the smallest details of the rickety mail delivery system and the comradeship of the fellow workers ... Gentle and meticulously observant, the novel pays tribute to the ways in which thoroughly mundane experiences can serve as a form of grace.
