Book
Letters to the lost : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 1250066778 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781250066770 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1250066778 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781250066770 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1250066778 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
376 pages ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1943: In the ruins of Blitzed London American bomber pilot Dan Rosinski encounters Stella Thorne and so begins a reluctant, impossible, unstoppable love affair in which all the odds are stacked against them; Stella is married, and the chances of Dan the war surviving are just one in five. In a time when everything is uncertain, their letters help them to hold onto the one thing of which they can be sure: their love for each other. 2011: After running from her abusive boyfriend Tia Moran stumbles on an empty house and it seems like a miracle -- albeit a rather dark, damp one -- a place for her to lie low for a few days. But then a letter arrives, marked Person and Urgent, and she is drawn into the story of a love that has endured for over half a century, and the search for the elusive Stella Thorne. But can uncovering the story of a past love give birth to a new one? |
| Summary, etc.: | "An accomplished novel from a talented writer, Letters to the Lost is the kind of love story that will sweep you away from the very first page. Iona Grey's prose is warm, evocative, and immediately engaging; her characters become so real you can't bear to let them go. Late on a frozen February evening, a young woman is running through the streets of London. Having fled from her abusive boyfriend and with nowhere to go, Jess stumbles onto a forgotten lane where a small, clearly unlived in old house offers her best chance of shelter for the night. The next morning, a mysterious letter arrives and when she can't help but open it, she finds herself drawn inexorably into the story of two lovers from another time. In London 1942, Stella meets Dan, a US airman, quite by accident, but there is no denying the impossible, unstoppable love that draws them together. Dan is a B-17 pilot flying his bomber into Europe from a British airbase; his odds of survival at one in five. The odds are stacked against the pair; the one thing they hold onto is the letters they write to each other. Fate is unkind and they are separated by decades and continents. In the present, Jess becomes determined to find out what happened to them. Her hope--inspired by a love so powerful it spans a lifetime--will lead her to find a startling redemption in her own life in a powerfully moving novel perfect for fans of Sarah Jio and Kate Morton"-- |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Abused women Fiction Love-letters Fiction Airmen United States Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Fiction London (England) Fiction |
| Genre: | Romance fiction. Love stories. |
Available copies
- 8 of 10 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF GRE (Text) | 33260000196254 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC GREY (Text) | 34014132972051 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 03/08/2024 |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | FIC GREY,I (Text) | 34026132510301 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | FICTION GREY (Text) | 32518132606743 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Rockville Public Library | F GRE (Text) | 34035132726437 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | FIC GREY, I (Text) | 34005125991009 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Somers Public Library | FIC GRE (Text) | 34042126767336 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Southbury Public Library | GREY (Text) | 34019133414078 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/26/2024 |
| Thompson Public Library | Grey (Text) | 34038118732064 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Union Free Public Library | FIC GREY (Text) | 34913000216980 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
