This was the choice for my local library's book group. I'd never heard of the author or the book, so I thought it would be interesting to read it without reading even one sentence of the back cover or inside flap (it's still in hardback as I write this). All I knew about [b:The Postcard|63880836|The Postcard|Anne Berest|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1669656399l/63880836.SX50.jpg|92938792] was its title and the author's name, [a:Anne Berest|4306711|Anne Berest|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1675718237p2/4306711.jpg].
 I am, as I've mentioned here several times, a very slow reader. I also have such a short attention span that I would probably be diagnosed as an adult with ADHD (though I'm too lazy for the hyperactivity part). It's hard for me to focus on anything for an extended period of time.
 But. I soared through this book, which is 475 pages long, in a week.
 It covers history familiar to most. (If it isn't to you due to youth or lack of exposure, it will be after reading it.) I often have trouble reading translated works—the author is French—because I quibble with choices the translator made, but this has been translated almost flawlessly. It won't get in your way, even if you're as bad as I am.
 The most disturbing thing about it is that, although most of it takes place in France in the years before and during World War II, it's timely.
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