Francesca Giannone Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Francesca Giannone is a published American author.

She has a degree in communication science. Francesca studied in the city of Rome at the CSC, which is the oldest European film school.

Francesca has released various short stories that have been featured in literary magazines in print and online. She resides in Milan. Despite this, she says that her heart is still in Lizzanello, her native seaside town located in the Salento region. She says that she hopes that she can live there once more one day.

The Letter Carrier is a 2023 novel by Francesca Giannone. If you have been looking for a unique fictional story that is perfect for reading on your own or bringing to the book club, this might be the perfect story for you.

What might end up happening if you met your soul mate at last but found out that they were actually already married to someone else? This novel was a bestseller in Italy and now readers who find this story will see why. A newcomer to a small town brings with her some modernity which ends up stirring up the secrets and passions of a community that is on the brink of change.

The place is Salento, Italy, and the time is June 1934. A couple ends up stopping in Lizzanello’s main square, a village where it seems like just about everyone knows each other. A couple ends up getting off. One is the man Carlo, who is a child of the South. He’s thrilled to have come back home after being away for such a long time. The woman is his wife Anna, a stranger from the North.

Carlo’s brother is in attendance to meet them. While there, he and everyone else take in the fact that Anna is strikingly attractive, as great in beauty as a Greek statue. Anna is different from the other wives. She doesn’t go to church or gossip and reads the types of books that other people have not heard of. She wears pants like a man and thinks a woman should have the same rights as a man.

There are not many options out there for a woman like Anna. When she finds out that the post office is hiring people, she thinks that it’s a great chance for her. A female letter carrier is something that is unthinkable. But Anna becomes the invisible force that connects the town as she delivers the letters between lovers, as families wait to hear the news of the ones that they love being away at war and help those who cannot read.

For those in Lizzanello, some find that the letters do not come often enough and come late. The first love of Carlo is the seamstress, who views Anna as having taken her place. Carlo’s niece has entered into a loveless marriage after an act of jealousy, and Carlo and his brother are trying to cover up a surprise that could end up shattering all of their lives.

A fascinating novel from Francesca Giannone that taps into this universal feeling of connection and explores what can happen when it comes at the wrong time or too late. Read The Letter Carrier by this author to follow along with every word and catch every twist and turn as it happens!