The Lost Art of Letter Writing, Menna Van Praag
The Lost Art of Letter Writing, Menna Van Praag
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The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Author: Menna Van Praag

Narrator: Karen Cass

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2018

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

In a forgotten nook of Cambridge a little shop stands where thousands of sheets of beautiful paper and hundreds of exquisite pens wait for the next person who, with Clara Cohen's help, will express the love, despair and desire they feel to correspondents alive, estranged or dead. Clara knows better than most the power a letter can have to turn a person's life around, so when she discovers a cache of wartime love letters, she follows them on a profound journey of her own.

About Menna van Praag

Menna van Praag was born in Cambridge, England and studied Modern History at Oxford University. Her first novella - an autobiographical tale about a waitress who aspires to be a writer - Men, Money & Chocolate has been translated into 26 languages. Her magical realism novels are all set among the colleges, cafes, and bookshops of Cambridge.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen

Absolutely magical! Menna van Praag has released another beautiful, mesmerizing story. Letters. Special gifts of seeing things others can’t. Love. Relationships. Healing. Music. You will love these characters. You will love the journey.......more

Clara owns a magical little shop where people can come in to write letters. Clara also writes letters herself, to people she doesn't know. She gets inspired and she sits at her grandfather's desk and she is practically overtaken by writing. She somehow says just what the recipient needs to hear. She w......more

Goodreads review by Dale

In Cambridge is a little shop that contains thousands of sheets of beautiful pare and many lovely pens. There is also a special desk where people can write a letter. Clara Cohen also writes letters to those who need help. But this is not just Clara’s story. There is the story of Ava who comes into t......more

When I first started to read this book I was enchanted. Sadly as the story moved on and the characters began to develop, it all became so un-engaging. There were many characters, many sub-plots and only a flimsy thread to tie them together. This is a well meaning story, with a cast of odd types and......more