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THE LETTERS

The Letters, October 2008
by Luanne Rice, Joseph Monninger

Bantam
208 pages
ISBN: 0553807412
EAN: 9780553807417
Hardcover
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"A correspondence of love and self-discovery"

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THE LETTERS
Luanne Rice, Joseph Monninger

Reviewed by Sandi Shilhanek
Posted October 7, 2008

Women's Fiction Contemporary

It's the time of the year when people are starting to think about those holiday gifts. This year for fans of Luanne Rice might I suggest her latest book, THE LETTERS? THE LETTERS was co-authored with Joseph Monninger, and this long time fan of Ms. Rice found this to be an interesting concept.

Sam and Hadley West had a long loving marriage. When tragedy struck they found themselves unable to communicate their feelings and were on the verge of divorce. Each of them left their long time home in what I perceived to be a journey of self-discovery.

As the book title indicates the entire story is told in the form of letters exchanged between the two. Why I think this was a good effort at exploring the emotions being experienced by Sam and Hadley I do feel as though a bit of the grittier emotion was somewhat missing, as the couple worked through the tragedy that separated them.

To find out whether or not they save their marriage you'll have to read the book for yourself, or perhaps gift it to a friend, and then borrow it?

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SUMMARY

Is there any mystery greater than those we love the most?

In this remarkable collaboration, New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger combine their unique talents to create a powerfully moving novel of an estranged husband and wife through a series of searching, intimate letters. By way of a correspondence so achingly real youโ€™ll forget itโ€™s fiction, they trace the history of a love affair and of a family before, and after, the moment that changed the course of two peopleโ€™s journey forever.

Sam and Hadley West are both trying in their own ways to survive after the unthinkable loss of their only son in Alaska. For Sam, a sports journalist, acceptance means an arduous trek by dogsled across the bleak and beautiful arctic wilderness to find the place where Paul died. For Hadley, it means renting a benignly haunted, salt-soaked cottage off the Maine coast where she begins to paint again.

Now, at opposite ends of the country, waiting for their divorce to be finalized, they begin to exchange letters by post, missives filled with longing and truths theyโ€™ve never before voiced, as they recall their marriageโ€” its magic moments and its challengesโ€”and begin to rediscover the reasons they fell in love in the first place.

As Sam risks his life to reach the remote crash site, Hadley begins an equally hazardous inner journey to a rendezvous with the mad grief of a motherโ€™s heart. At the place where all else is lost, they will meet againโ€ฆ.

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