The Postman’s Fiancee by Denis Theriault

The Postman’s Fiancée by Denis Theriault, is reminiscent of the movie While You Were Sleeping. In this story, Tania, a waitress in Montreal, falls in loves with one of her customers a postman by the name of Bilodo.  Unbeknownst to Tania, Bilodo has already fallen for his haiku pen pal in Guadeloupe, a young woman he has never meet.

As fate would have it, Bilodo loses his memory after an accident in which Tania saves his life. Seeing an opportunity, Tania decides that she will tell Bilodo they are engaged. She moves him into her apartment and fabricates a web of lies that she will never be able to extract herself from. Bilodo’s physician believes that his memory will eventually return. What will Tania do then?

The story was cute and the characters were flawed but in a good way. The reader could easily see that Tania was headed for disaster but what happens in the end will surprise you. This book would make a great beach read. I think what surprised me the most about this book is the elegant prose. I was not expecting that and it just made the story more enjoyable.

I received a free copy from the publisher, via Library Thing’s Early Reviewers program, in exchange for my honest opinion.