Mail - Hardcover

Medwed, Mameve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446520888 ISBN 13: 9780446520881

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Having discovered that a degree from Harvard does not mean automatic life bliss, Katinka O'Toole finds the highlight of her day has become the arrival of the mail, not because she is expecting something, but because of her crush on Louie Capetti, her gorgeous mailman. A first novel.

About this title

Review:

Mameve Medwed knows the neurotic, crazy-imagination mind of the freelance writer: the mornings spent toiling over first and second and third drafts, with an ear ever tuned toward the creak of the mailbox, only to find yet another batch of returned manuscripts. If this scenario sounds familiar, then you'll probably find comfort from Medwed's new first novel, Mail, an amusing send-up of the writer's life. Our heroine, Katinka O'Toole, is the ex-wife of a Joyce scholar (once her professor at Harvard, naturally) who sends off a steady stream of short stories from her rented Cambridge apartment. She's obsessed not only with the mail; she's in love with the mailman. An entertaining read, and a good gift for the mother who doesn't understand why you don't just meet a nice lawyer and settle down already.

About the Author:

Mameve Medwed has written short stories in addition to her other novel, Mail. She is married with two sons, and teaches fiction writing in Cambridge, Mass

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0446520888
• ISBN 13: 9780446520881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304