The Letters: A Novel

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At once humorous and heart-rending . . . The evocative style of Luanne Rice meshes splendidly with Joseph Monningers in a moving collaboration that brilliantly illuminates the precious value of relationships.Wichita Falls Times Record News For those who love and those who hope to love again.Lincoln Journal Star Sam and Hadley West are both trying to survive a shared unthinkable loss. For Sam a sports journalist acceptance means an arduous trek by dogsled across the Alaskan wilderness. For Hadley it means renting a benignly haunted salt-soaked cottage off the Maine coast where she begins to paint again. Waiting for their divorce to be finalized they begin to exchange letters filled with longing and truths theyve never before voiced as they recall their marriageits magic moments and its challengesand rediscover the reason they fell in love in the first place. In this remarkable collaboration acclaimed writers Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger combine their unique talents to create through a series of searching intimate letters a powerful novel of an estranged husband and wifeand the moment that changed the course of their lives forever. Its hard for the reader to remember that she is reading fiction and not eavesdropping on personal correspondence. . . . A journey of discovery that celebrates the beauty of letter writing an art fast disappearing.Booklist Exquisite . . . a story of hope healing and possibilities.Concord Monitor