"Another one of Karen White's emotional books! A joy to read!"

Karen White knows just how to tug at your heart strings and she does it beautifully with every story that she writes. All I want to do after I read her amazing stories is hug the book to my chest and revel in the emotions that she has evoked from the deepest part of my inner being.

This is the story of Brenna O'Brien. She collects old letters that are unopened and saves them in scrapbooks. She also writes about what she thinks are in those letters. She tries to keep the old theater going as this is where she has her best memories growing up.

Brenna has never been the same since Pierce McGovern left without a word and never came back. Brenna's mother died when she was a young child and her older sisters helped to raise her. What Brenna doesn't know is there is so much more to this story than she can even begin to imagine.

One thing is Pierce comes back to town to help his father, Dr. McGovern to close up his home and move into a retirement home. The other thing is that when the old post office is torn down, there is a huge box of unopened letters that come to light and are addressed to Dr. McGovern. Dr. McGovern decides that he wants Brenna to come to his house and read the letters to him. This reveals more of the mystery but will the mystery ever be solved?

As much as I've enjoyed Karen White's books, I seem to enjoy each succeeding one even more. As always I eagerly await the next one!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted March 27, 2007

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Summary

Brenna O'Brien doesn't believe in happy endings. Not since the love of her life, Pierce McGovern, left her years ago without a word. Now, she leads a quiet life surrounded by her four matchmaking sisters, running a historic movie theater and collecting old wartime letters. But she leaves the letters unopened, preferring to imagine their possibilities rather than risk being disappointed.

Then Pierce comes back to town, shattering Brenna's hard-earned peace—and forcing her to re-examine everything, and realize that if she doesn't come to terms with the life she let slip away, she may never have the courage to go after the life she wants.