Alex Neustaedter & Tom Hanks | ITHACA: The Most Heartbreaking Story of War and Hope.

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:33:33 +0000

Fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to become the finest and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever known. With his older brother away fighting in the war, Homer takes on the responsibility of caring for his widowed mother, his older sister, and his little brother, Ulysses, who is just four years old. As the spring of 1942 gives way to summer, Homer faithfully delivers messages filled with love, hope, sorrow, and loss to the residents of Ithaca. Along the way, he will face a message that will leave a lasting mark on his life. Inspired by William Saroyan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, ITHACA is a poignant coming-of-age story that captures the joy of youth, the suddenness of change, the beauty of life, the pain of death, and the deep kindness that resides within every human heart.