The Letter: The most heart-wrenching Million Copy Bestseller and World War Two historical fiction

· Hachette UK
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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 million-copy bestseller has captured thousands of hearts worldwide.

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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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...
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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'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A page turner'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This beautiful story will bring tears and joy'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Brilliant'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Loved this story !! It kept me totally gripped although I was sobbing in places as well'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Heartbreaking but utterly romantic'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A tale of love and hope with lots of twists and turns!'

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4.6
191 reviews
Molly Jenson
February 22, 2023
This is my absolute favourite book of all time once you start reading it you simply cannot put it down. It touches of all your senses. It makes you laugh, cry, sad, such a truly heartwarming story.
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Rebecca Davison
January 19, 2024
A well written book, the characters are very true to life and you feel for them all as you read about their lives. I couldn't put the book down!
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Steven Hawkins
July 18, 2015
A brilliant piece of fiction, it really transported you back in time and its the first time I have read a book set in two time eras! I would highly recommend this beautiful love story filled with emotion and feeling, it really made me think that all actions effect many people even if we think they don't! Thanks for a wonderful story, Simon Powell north east England.
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About the author

Kathryn Hughes was born in Altrincham, near Manchester. After completing a secretarial course, Kathryn met her husband and they married in Canada. For twenty-nine years they ran a business together, raised two children and travelled when they could to places such as India, Singapore, South Africa and New Zealand. Kathryn and her family now make their home in a village near Manchester. The Letter is Kathryn's first novel, and she is busy working on her second, The Secret.

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