This was the first book that I read by Jojo Moyes who, of course, went on to write Me Before You, Me After You and Still Me. I enjoyed this novel with its dual narratives taking place in 1960 and 2003. The 1960 story centers on a lost love letter, its author and its intended recipient. In 2003, the protagonist is working out her own love story.
Kirkus Reviews calls the novel, “a prize-winning, cross-generational love story of missed connections and delayed gratification [that] hits a seam of pure romantic gold. . . . A cliffhanger-strewn tale of heartache in two strikingly different eras [and] a tour de force.”
Praise from Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Love and Ruin:
“Crafting a love story that feels not just compelling but true is a very difficult thing indeed—and yet, with The Last Letter from Your Lover, Jojo Moyes has done it twice. I found myself utterly transfixed by both sets of lovers in this marvelous novel. Moyes is a tremendously gifted storyteller, and I’m all admiration.”
—Paula McLain
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