mrs_mander_reads
Written on Feb 19, 2021
When Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation in Brittany, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unearthing a mystery. In search of something to read, she opens up her bedside table drawer in her hotel room, and inside she finds an abandoned manuscript. Halfway through the pages, an address is written. She sends pages to the address, in hopes of potentially hearing a response from the unknown author. But not before she reads the story and falls in love with it. The response, which she receives a few days later, astonishes her...
Not only does the author write back, but he confesses that he lost the manuscript 30 years prior on a flight to Montreal. And then he reveals something even more shocking - that he was not the author of the second half of the book.
Anne-Lise can't rest until she discovers who this second mystery author is, and in doing so tracks down every person who has held this manuscript in their hands. Through the letters exchanged by the people whose lives the manuscript has touched along the way, she discovers long-lost love stories and intimate secrets. Romances blossom and new friends are made. Everyone's lives are made better by this book - and isn't that the point of reading? And finally, with a plot twist you don't see coming, she uncovers the astonishing identity of the author who finished the story.
- ISBN10 1250256305
- ISBN13 9781250256300
- Publish Date 8 February 2021 (first published 12 January 2021)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 June 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English
Reviews
Terri M. LeBlanc
Written on Dec 22, 2020
This book stretched me a bit. I'm still not 100% certain I liked it as a whole. I love the idea of authors connecting with readers and readers connecting with other fans of the same book. However, the way this story was told (through letters) didn't entirely work for me. It was hard to get to know the characters as you skip from letter to letter and eventually email to email. There was a lack of emotional connection I was craving before the big reveals at the end which were somewhat of a letdown based on how the story was told.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.