This is a wonderful debut novel! Sid and Cassie are sisters. When the book begins it is Christmas time. Sid has a teen-aged son, River, and a toddler named Lulu. They have traveled from Singapore to Ohio. Cassie is trying to get her active twin boys and her husband organized to travel there (from NYC) as well for what is referred to as "The Last Christmas" (because as usual their grandparents are insisting that this is the last year they were hosting!). Cassie and Sid don't communicate a lot because Sid rarely uses any electronic communication if she can avoid it. During the visit Grandpa reads aloud from letters that he and his wife had exchanged when they were first married.
Inspired by this, Sid proposes to Cassie that they start exchanging letters. Cassie agreed (maybe it was the wine!). By the time Cassie returns to NYC there is already a letter from Sid that had been sent from Ohio. It was quite funny how hard it was for Cassie to write her first letter - on paper - using a pen - buying stamps!
They grow closer and closer as they begin to confide in each other about their lives. It will make you nostalgic for a lost art.
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