Kathryn Hughes (2)
Auteur de The Letter
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5 oeuvres 524 utilisateurs 20 critiques
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Œuvres de Kathryn Hughes
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12/2017 - 3.3 (1)
1956 and 2006 (1)
2015 (6)
2016 (2)
2017 (3)
2021 (2)
A lire (79)
Amour (4)
Angleterre (2)
audible (megmagmic) (2)
Audio (4)
AUTHOR - Kathryn Hughes (2)
Chimbai (2)
Fiction (35)
Fiction historique (9)
G Green 1 (1)
Histoire d'amour (2)
insane asylum (2)
Irlande (4)
Kindle (19)
Leçons de vie (4)
listened (2)
Livre audio (3)
Livre électronique (9)
Lu (2)
Lu en 2015 (2)
Maltraitance (2)
Mariage (2)
mom-kindle (3)
no Kindle (2)
owned-ebook (4)
owned-on-kindle (4)
owned-tbr (4)
pre-WWII (2)
Publisher: Hachette (1)
read 2-2019 (1)
Roman (4)
Romance (3)
Sonore (6)
time-split (2)
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK
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The Letter par Kathryn Hughes
Google review: 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 ... 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.… (plus d'informations)
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bentstoker | 15 autres critiques | Jan 26, 2024 | Thank You to Headline and Netgalley for allowing me to review this wonderful book xx
This book is a wonderful read which I thoroughly enjoyed. It is set in the 1970s and the present day.It is a very moving story which is beautifully written with passion.There are plenty of twists on each page to keep the reader guessing too. I loved this book and read it in one sitting.
This book is a wonderful read which I thoroughly enjoyed. It is set in the 1970s and the present day.It is a very moving story which is beautifully written with passion.There are plenty of twists on each page to keep the reader guessing too. I loved this book and read it in one sitting.
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TheReadingShed001 | 2 autres critiques | Mar 1, 2023 | Thank You to Headline and Netgalley for allowing me to review this wonderful book xx
This book is a wonderful read which I thoroughly enjoyed. It is set in the 1970s and the present day.It is a very moving story which is beautifully written with passion.There are plenty of twists on each page to keep the reader guessing too. I loved this book and read it in one sitting.
This book is a wonderful read which I thoroughly enjoyed. It is set in the 1970s and the present day.It is a very moving story which is beautifully written with passion.There are plenty of twists on each page to keep the reader guessing too. I loved this book and read it in one sitting.
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TheReadingShed01 | 2 autres critiques | Feb 25, 2023 | The idea for ‘The Letter’ by Kathryn Hughes is enticing; the lives of two women, forty years apart, linked by a letter found in the pocket of an overcoat at a charity shop. What follows is a dual storyline – about an abused wife and her road to freedom, and a young woman in love for the first time as war breaks out.
This is a story about two couples. In 1974, Tina Craig works in an office during the week and on Saturdays she volunteers at a charity shop to get out of the house, away from her abusive husband Rick. Staying, though she knows she must leave, Tina listens to the advice of friends but continues to excuse and forgive Rick’s behaviour. Until a mysterious letter found in the pocket of coat sets her off on the trail of the people involved. The letter is sealed and stamped but never posted. Why. When she opens and reads the letter she starts to think about Billy, who wrote the letter in 1939 as war broke out, and about Chrissie, the woman who never received his letter.
In the summer of 1939, Chrissie and Billy fall in love in the last days of peace. As Billy is called up, Chrissie faces the cultural judgements of the day combined with her bullying father.
Tina’s pursuit for the truth of the letter leads her across Manchester and to Ireland. Hughes tackles heart breaking subjects – forced adoption, Irish nunneries, bullying parents, domestic abuse – perhaps too many. The ending is predictable via a number of coincidences, facts fall into place and old hurts forgotten. Despite its frustrations, I enjoyed this story though I did long for more showing and less telling.
If you like your endings neatly tied up, you will enjoy this. A good read for holidays.
Read more of my book reviews at http://www.sandradanby.com/book-reviews-a-z/… (plus d'informations)
This is a story about two couples. In 1974, Tina Craig works in an office during the week and on Saturdays she volunteers at a charity shop to get out of the house, away from her abusive husband Rick. Staying, though she knows she must leave, Tina listens to the advice of friends but continues to excuse and forgive Rick’s behaviour. Until a mysterious letter found in the pocket of coat sets her off on the trail of the people involved. The letter is sealed and stamped but never posted. Why. When she opens and reads the letter she starts to think about Billy, who wrote the letter in 1939 as war broke out, and about Chrissie, the woman who never received his letter.
In the summer of 1939, Chrissie and Billy fall in love in the last days of peace. As Billy is called up, Chrissie faces the cultural judgements of the day combined with her bullying father.
Tina’s pursuit for the truth of the letter leads her across Manchester and to Ireland. Hughes tackles heart breaking subjects – forced adoption, Irish nunneries, bullying parents, domestic abuse – perhaps too many. The ending is predictable via a number of coincidences, facts fall into place and old hurts forgotten. Despite its frustrations, I enjoyed this story though I did long for more showing and less telling.
If you like your endings neatly tied up, you will enjoy this. A good read for holidays.
Read more of my book reviews at http://www.sandradanby.com/book-reviews-a-z/… (plus d'informations)
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Sandradan1 | 15 autres critiques | Jun 16, 2020 | Listes
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 524
- Popularité
- #47,450
- Évaluation
- ½ 3.7
- Critiques
- 20
- ISBN
- 96
- Langues
- 8