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An Absolutely Beautiful Book

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I do not normally enjoy the letter format in a novel, and early on I was checking to see how much further I had to go to finish. But then the magic happened, and I was ensnared by the beauty of the relationships depicted via the letters. Having lost a child at a young age,..

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The letter-writing format, which is vaguely reminiscent of “84 charing cross road” and the excellent narration and performances.

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I believe an extra star was added to each category by listening to this book rather than just reading it. It became annoying to have to listen to the full address for each letter. Every time a new letter began, t really wasn’t necessary to repeat all the mail codes every time. Otherwise this book..

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The format of the story was tiresome.

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Even though the story was okay, the framing of it in her correspondence was tedious. Listening to the reading of the addresses and the subject lines was distracting and bothersome. Maybe in print it would not have been so annoying because you could just skip over them. The story seemed too contrived and a bit..

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A story in letters

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A lovely unfolding of a woman’s life, in the winter of her time. The relationships, the regrets, the pain, the joy, as seen through her writings. What an intriguing story, the characters coming to life by the various readers.