Goin' Postal/The Creek True Stories of a US Postal Worker/Where Stories of the Past Come Alive 2 in 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Rhoda D'Ettore Sarah Van Sweden Books
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Goin' Postal tells the story of a real U.S. postal worker dealing with crazy situations that the public never sees. From human heads in the mail to alligators on the loose in the building, this book is sure to make you laugh. The second book in this combo, The Creek, tells stories set in the same location, but each story is set in a different time period. The last story depicts how the people and stories of the past are still alive today.
Goin' Postal/The Creek True Stories of a US Postal Worker/Where Stories of the Past Come Alive 2 in 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Rhoda D'Ettore Sarah Van Sweden Books
We've all thought about writing a book about the place where we work.Rhoda D'Ettore didn't just think about it, she actually wrote it.
"Goin' Postal" is both funny and scary. Funny because of the situations she writes about including the day her co-workers discovered a human head going through the mail and the day someone found a live alligator being shipped to someone. Although this short look at the USPS is fictional, D'Ettore is basing these short tales on actual incidents with a few name changes to protect the innocent.
It's scary as well: Anthrax being sent through the mail causes a major shutdown; bad bosses (the USPS seems to have more than its share of them) and lousy working conditions make just getting up and going to the job an exercise not only in perseverance but courage as well. I thoroughly enjoyed this quick look inside the postal service.
This book is a twofer: The second half of the book is "The Creek," a collection of short stories bound together by geography: Specifically, a small neighborhood near Philadelphia. D'Ettore captures the essence of this small .plot of land and its history by weaving together stories of love and loss. Not all the characters in these short stories are good men and women, in fact some are downright villainous, but the neighborhood weathers them all as well as good times and bad. A very interesting way to tell stories and a book that I very much enjoyed.
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Goin' Postal/The Creek True Stories of a US Postal Worker/Where Stories of the Past Come Alive 2 in 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Rhoda D'Ettore Sarah Van Sweden Books Reviews
Because this was two completely different books, I’m going to review them separately.
Goin’ Postal. 4 Stars.
This was a great, light read that often had me chuckling aloud. The unique writing style made me feel like I was with friends, drinking and sharing funny work anecdotes instead of reading an actual novel. I loved that about it, but it also meant that there was no real point to the story as a whole. It was very entertaining, but that’s about it.
The Creek 5 Stars.
The Creek is a series of short stories tied together by location. They’re all set in a different era, and each one was as entertaining as the last.
When I started on the first story of Lieutenant Harkin, my initial thought was “Oh! A nice love story.” Didn’t take me long to realise that’s not what it was going to be. This was probably my favourite of all the stories.
At first I didn’t really see the significance or ties between each of the stories until I got to the last one, which would be my second favourite. It explains how each of the stories come about, and ties the ending together in a neat little bow.
Together these two books made for the great type of reading to pass the time, when you’re in need of a chuckle, or just want to escape for a little while.
I first decided to read this book out of curiosity of the cover and the two different titles listed there, probably not the best of reasons I know but what a little gem it turned out to be. Here you get two very different stories for the price of one, the first being a series of side splitting snapshots and anecdotes of the author’s time working in the US postal service, and in the second story, The Creek, the reader is treated to a delightful family and local history of stories from in and around a creek in New Jersey dating back to the American civil war to the present.
In Goin Postal, the author takes us through the trials and tribulations of being a temporary and then permanent worker in the postal service; it’s not so much a story in the conventional sense but more a collection of memories and hilarious anecdotes loosely linked via an amazing array of characters in the form of her fellow workers. Her colleagues are every bit as varied and funny as the anecdotes themselves, ranging from traumatised Vietnam war veterans, a mad forklift driver chasing the white devils, a big hearted bisexual supervisor, and a Russian history buff, not to mention Aunt Gertrude and a bigoted Nigerian. Despite the racial and cultural diversity reflecting the huge melting part of immigrants that made America the country it is today, for the most part they all get along as one giant though often somewhat dysfunctional family. The author’s time with the postal service starts with the time consuming FBI checks for her employment, but once passing them she finds herself immersed in a truly mad and chaotic workplace, filled with its very own sub cultures including betting on who will be the next person to go on a shooting spree, or ‘goin postal’ as it might be called, dodgy dvd and arms sales, and a host of other ‘have to be there’ to be believed scenarios. The characters and language are as colourful as you can imagine, reflecting the working class diversity and backgrounds of the postal workers. The day to day humdrum of the work is punctuated with numerous pranks and hilarity, not to mention the bizarre situations that arise from the many strange things people try to send through the post, a severed head being among them, but despite the seeming madness of the workplace, in the true tradition of the Pony Express, underpinning the chaos is the workers’ determination that the post will go out no matter what, even amid the security and horror of 9/11. The writing is sharp and witty, and in a style that perfectly complements of the comedy of what the author is describing, and for anyone who has worked in a menial shift environment will certainly be able to identify with much of the humour, and probably recognise similar characters from their own work places.
In The Creek the writing and subject matter takes a surprisingly more poignant direction; the reader initially encounters what at first impression comes across as a truly heart-warming and delightful tale of love and romance set against the backdrop of the civil war, only to have that perception completely turned its head. The reader is then transported through a succession of stories carrying on from the first, taking the reader through the depression of the 30s, prohibition, two world wars, and the civil rights struggle, to almost the present day, covering love and romance, murder, bigotry, the Black Panther movement, and even ghostly apparitions. Although the stories through the decades take very different turns, they retain the creek as a sort of anchor connecting them all, and eventually conclude in such a way as to tie them all together really well. As I’ve said, the writing and content in the Creek is somewhat different, but still retains an entertaining story telling style throughout. Goin Postal and the Creek might seem like an odd combination at first but they subtley complement one another; whereas as in the former in its portrayal of the incredible diversity the author has presented a snapshot of American society as a whole, so too in the latter, she has presented the reader with an entertaining portrayal of how America has evolved to what it is today.
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MAKES ME WISH I HAD WRITTEN MY EXPERIENCES. SHE HAS SOME ROUGH LANGUAGE IN IT, WE DIDNT TALK LIKE THAT AT OUR POST OFFICE. BUT, IT IS ENTERTAINING. DELIVERED ON TIME,
I do not like non-fiction, if I have a choice give me a good romance novel, a hot cup of tea and I am set! I became a reviewer to move out of my comfort zone and since this book was recommend me to by a friend that has about the same taste as mine, I thought I would give it a try. This book was AMAZING! When I started reading this book, I thought 'man, I am just going to rush through this book' but I became enthralled. I could not put it down. I was in the hospital and one of the nurses said to me 'I hope you are almost done with that book, trying to draw your blood with you reading isn't easy', it had me that hooked. There is something about this book, something I still can't put my finger on, that just captured me. Ms. D'Ettore did an amazing job writing this book, I am so glad she found her voice and became a writer, I can't wait to read more of her work.
We've all thought about writing a book about the place where we work.
Rhoda D'Ettore didn't just think about it, she actually wrote it.
"Goin' Postal" is both funny and scary. Funny because of the situations she writes about including the day her co-workers discovered a human head going through the mail and the day someone found a live alligator being shipped to someone. Although this short look at the USPS is fictional, D'Ettore is basing these short tales on actual incidents with a few name changes to protect the innocent.
It's scary as well Anthrax being sent through the mail causes a major shutdown; bad bosses (the USPS seems to have more than its share of them) and lousy working conditions make just getting up and going to the job an exercise not only in perseverance but courage as well. I thoroughly enjoyed this quick look inside the postal service.
This book is a twofer The second half of the book is "The Creek," a collection of short stories bound together by geography Specifically, a small neighborhood near Philadelphia. D'Ettore captures the essence of this small .plot of land and its history by weaving together stories of love and loss. Not all the characters in these short stories are good men and women, in fact some are downright villainous, but the neighborhood weathers them all as well as good times and bad. A very interesting way to tell stories and a book that I very much enjoyed.
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