{"product_id":"9780553905915","title":"The Letters","description":"\u003cb\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eTimes Record News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“For those who love and those who hope to love again.”—\u003ci\u003eLincoln Journal Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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’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 first  place.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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—and the moment that changed the course of  their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“It’s 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.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Exquisite . . . a story of hope, healing and possibilities.”—\u003ci\u003eConcord Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124000735472,"sku":"9780553905915","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553905915_p0.jpg?v=1763718611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553905915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}