Southern Mail by Antoine de Saint Exupery

The story follows this mail carrier over Africa, Asia, and Europe in the mid 1920‘s and 1930‘s. Leaving for many months, Bernis leaves his home in Paris, along with friends and a loved one, Genevieve. Upon arrival from his journey’s he find that nothing has changed, and that his home was left the way it was months earlier. The action of this book took place within his mind or his plane. The harshness of ones mind can be far more severe than anything else. This book is much like our lives, like I said before, many would find it boring because its just reading their life, however I found it intriguing because we find ourselves everyday

Whatever happened To Tuesday and so slow Going down the old mine With a transistor radio Standing in the sunlight laughing, Hiding behind a rainbow's wall, Slipping and sliding All along the water fall, with you My brown eyed girl, You my brown eyed girl

Genevieve is a young woman that has been attractive her whole life. She engages with a man, and they have a son together. However Genevieve did not love her son or the father. She felt lost and lonely with no escape from a world of hell. “She had never spoke of Herlin, her husband, but this evening she said to Bernis: ‘We’ve got a boring dinner party, Jacques, a mob of people. But if you’ll join us, I’ll feel less lonely’” While an infant, her son died and she turned to Bernis for comfort, in which created a love, not out of lust, but of true love.

A love story, twisted into every little boys dream, seems very overrated. However reading this book, I found myself in the shoes of Bernis, flying that plane or dealing with Genevieve. It was more than just a book that I had to read, it was an experience waiting to happen.

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