Please, Mister Postman

In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson left London to start a new life in Slough. His job as a postman involved long working days and endless overtime, as Alan struggled to support his growing family. But despite the twelve-hour shifts, there were compensations - the crafty fag snatched in a country lane, the farmer's wife offering a hearty breakfast and even the mysterious lady on Glebe Road who appeared at her window every morning, topless, as the postman passed by ...

But as Alan's life appears to be settling down and his career takes off, his close-knit family is struck once again by tragedy. Moving, hilarious and unforgettable, Please, Mister Postman is another astonishing book from the award-winning author of This Boy.