The Letter: The most heartwrenching love story and World War Two historical fiction for summer reading

by Kathryn Hughes

Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. 🕯️

This Number One bestseller has captured thousands of hearts worldwide. Perfect for fans of The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.

'A wonderful, uplifting story' Lesley Pearse
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Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever...

Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool, but hopes he can put things right. On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future. It does - in more ways than he can ever imagine...

THE LETTER tells the story of two women, born decades apart, whose paths are destined to cross, and how one woman's devastation leads to the other's salvation.
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Join the hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide who have fallen in love with THE LETTER:

'An amazing, heartwrenching, unforgettable story'
'This beautiful story will bring tears and joy'
'Loved this story !! It kept me totally gripped although I was sobbing in places as well'
'A tale of love and hope with lots of twists and turns. A great story!'

• ISBN10: 1783069171
• ISBN13: 9781783069170
• Publish Date: 19 March 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 18 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Troubador Publishing
• Imprint: Matador
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

The Letter is a Lifetime movie. It has all the elements, with a battered wife, discovery of one's past and unexpected love (not to mention a heartfelt reunion). Kathryn Hughes' book would be a good Saturday morning film on a rainy day. Don't get me wrong, I like Lifetime movies, they are my guilty pleasure, I've just seen enough to know one when I see it. Having said that, I enjoyed The Letter but it isn't something I'd be bragging to my friends about.

Even though The Letter held my interest, I found it predictable and at times lacked substance, such as Tina's naivety in her abusive marriage. Both she and the plot were weak and could have used a pick-me-up. Christina, who the letter was written for I found more interesting. She has a riches to rags which I found more compelling and richer with a 1940s backdrop. The blurring of the two stories was nicely done but it irked me that both the two main characters in each story were named Christina and William. It was just too cutesy for me.

Overall, The Letter was a fluff of a book but would fit the bill for a decent mindless read.