Do you look forward to getting mail?

I’m always excited to see an Amazon package!

This is a fascinating story about a mailman in Appalachia. It’s a memoir unlike any other. Some people know their mailman, but many don’t. I’ve never talked to mine, but what if they were your lifeline to the outside world?

Here’s more about Mailman by Stephen Starring Grant!

“Steve Grant was laid off in March of 2020. He was fifty and had cancer, so he needed health insurance, fast. Which is how he found himself a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, back in his old hometown.

Suddenly, he was the guy with the goods, delivering dog food and respirators and lube and heirloom tomato seeds and Lord of the Ringsreplica swords. He transported chicken feed to grandmothers living alone in the mountains and forded a creek with a refrigerator on his back. But while he carried the mail, he also carried a whole lot more than just the mail, including a family legacy of rage and the anxiety of having lost his identity along with his corporate job.

A brash and loving portrait of an all-American institution, Mailman offers a deeply felt portrait of both rural America and the dedicated (and eccentric) letter carriers who keep our lives running smoothly day to day. One hell of a raconteur, Steve Grant has written an irreverent, heartfelt, and often hilarious tribute to the simple heroism of daily service, the dignity and struggle of blue-collar work, the challenge and pleasure of coming home again after twenty-five years away, and the delight of going the extra mile for your neighbors, every day.”

Thank you @simonbooks for this gifted copy!

Mailman published 7/8/25 and is available on our Amazon storefront!