The Letters

��t once humorous and heart-rending . . . The evocative style of Luanne Rice meshes splendidly with Joseph Monninger�� in a moving collaboration [that] brilliantly illuminates the precious value of relationships.����ichita Falls Times Record News

��or those who love and those who hope to love again.����i>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 they��e never before voiced, as they recall their marriage��ts magic moments and its challenges��nd 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 wife��nd the moment that changed the course of their lives forever.

��t�� 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.����i>Booklist

��xquisite . . . a story of hope, healing and possibilities.����i>Concord Monitor