{"product_id":"mendell-station-9781639736188b","title":"Mendell Station","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNamed a Best Book of July 2025 by\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e The Los Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e and\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Alta Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tender 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's January 2020, and Miriam is already getting a sense that the world might be ending. First, she learns that her best friend, Esther, has died. Then her faith in God-in everything, really-follows suit. Her job teaching Scripture at a private Christian school suddenly seems untenable, so she quits. Thankfully, the postal service is hiring.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eWhile Miriam finds comfort in her route, the mail truck can hardly outpace the memory of her lost friend and eroded faith. She finds herself composing letters to Esther that she will never deliver, reflecting on their shared childhoods and deep understanding of each other's difficult families.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMendell Station \u003c\/span\u003edepicts one woman's deliverance through the peculiar rhythms of work, and the beauty found in small details and gestures, those quotidian labors of love.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"A surprising and evocative debut.\" -Grace D. Li, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e bestselling author of PORTRAIT OF A THIEF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869206483024,"sku":"9781639736188B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781639736188-l.jpg?v=1785901083","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/mendell-station-9781639736188b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}