To Peter with Love

There was a time when computers weren’t in every America home and laptops and cell phones were still a novelty. This, light hearted epistolary novel set in the early 1990s, is all about writing letters. Amy Pacqua, 26, a stunning, single, doctoral student in museum studies, has just returned from a summer at the University of Cambridge, England to her Manhattan apartment. It is there she met the handsome, Peter Hobbs, 31, an archivist for the Fitzwilliam Museum and acting TA for her class. Though Peter is cordial he shows no particular interest in Amy. With the help of her sassy letters, explaining her madcap position as museum director at a small historical society, Peter is intrigued and a correspondence ensues. Amy soon finds he is as zany as she in his prose and a blossoming friendship develops.
A terrible accident leaves Peter in a coma severing the relationship. After weeks of trying to put a witty spin on her unanswered letters, Amy sends a farewell note. Peter’s friend, finding Amy’s letters in Peter’s mailbox, telephones Amy explaining the situation. She immediately continues her droll musings with tenacity. Peter, even under medication, can laugh at Amy’s prose. Moved to his family home for rehab, Peter has the luxury of a computer; they begin daily e-mail chats. Amy makes a surprise visit to England and love blooms.
Once back in Manhattan, Amy’s attention is suddenly turned by her long-time friend, Luke Gilbert, a struggling painter, who pursues her. Amy soon becomes torn over whom she really loves.
Amy is strong and disciplined but she is also selfish, and coy. She dallies with both men.
Finally when she may lose both she admits her love and the rest is happily-ever-after.