The Letters: A Novel
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553592912 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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“At once humorous and heart-rending The evocative style of Luanne Rice meshes splendidly with Joseph Monninger’s 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 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 they’ve never before voiced, as they recall their marriage—its magic moments and its challenges—and rediscover the reason they fell in love in the firs
Disjointed I have loved all of Luanne Rice's past books but this one just did not cut it. I was bored from the beginning. The story line was quite disjointed making it difficult to connect with the characters and find them believable. It was obvious that 2 people wrote this book. The main characters who were married for 20 years or more are now separated and on the verge of a divorce seem to not know each other at all. Its like t. An Emotional Read Sam and Hadley West have lost their precious son in an accident in the wilds of Alaska and they both deal with their loss in different ways. Sam who is a sports journalist chooses to make the long journey to the place where their son lost his life. Hadley finds solace in a haunted cottage off the Maine coast. Their loss has changed their relationship and while they are both on individual spiritual journeys to put their. Linda Holman said A Great Love Story. I was surprised when I saw the average ratings for this book. At first I didn't buy it because of the ratings, but I am glad I did. I thought it was fantastic. I am a big fan of Luanne Rice, and while this is somewhat of a departure from her usual writing style, I found myself rapidly turning the pages to find out what happened next.The main part of the story is set in the wilderness of Alaska, a place that is mystical
All rights reserved. Sam and Hadley West separated following the death of their grown son, Paul. Hadley, meanwhile, has moved to an island off the coast of Maine and thinks Sam's trip is a bad idea. (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . Both Sam and Hadley initially come off as unsympathetic (he too self-centered, she too bitter and jaded), but as the letters pile up and they delve deeper into their anguish while sorting out what their marriage means or how it should end, they endear themselves to the reader. From Publishers Weekly The bestselling Rice teams up with Monninger in this epistolary novel of an unraveling marriage. The book is unabashedly melodramatic, but readers into the sappy will be reaching f