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Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home

byStephen Starring Grant

Stephen Starring Grant recounts the unlikely turn that led him to deliver mail through the mountains and small communities of Appalachia. His route introduces eccentric neighbors, difficult roads, brutal weather, loose animals, and the intimate rhythms visible only to someone arriving at nearly every door. Beneath the comic mishaps is a memoir about work, belonging, and a restless search for home. Grant shows how an ordinary public service can create unusual trust, revealing the resilience and complexity of a region too often reduced to stereotype from the perspective of the road.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2025-07-08

Format

Hardcover

Pages

304

ISBN

9781668018040