Where or When

What would you do if out of the blue, you received a letter from your first love? Siân Richards sees no reason why she can't write back to Charles Callahan. After all, it's been thirty years and they are both married with families. But when they decide to meet again, an innocent correspondence becomes a dangerous intimacy. Swept up in the past and consumed by an obsessive love, Charles and Siân risk everything to be together. A heart-wrenching, suspenseful story with an unforgettable conclusion, Where or When is also a 'thoughtful, beautifully written contemporary romance' (The Washington Post).

About the author

Anita Shreve was a high school teacher and a freelance magazine journalist before writing fiction full time. She was the author of over fifteen novels including The Stars Are Fire as well as the international bestseller The Pilot’s Wife, and The Weight of the Water, a finalist for the Orange Prize. Shreve taught writing at Amherst College and lived in Massachusetts.
 

Summary

What would you do if out of the blue, you received a letter from your first love? Siân Richards sees no reason why she can't write back to Charles Callahan. After all, it's been thirty years and they are both married with families. But when they decide to meet again, an innocent correspondence becomes a dangerous intimacy. Swept up in the past and consumed by an obsessive love, Charles and Siân risk everything to be together. A heart-wrenching, suspenseful story with an unforgettable conclusion, Where or When is also a 'thoughtful, beautifully written contemporary romance' (The Washington Post).

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Barber, Anita Shreve
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2005
• EAN: 9780156031271
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603127-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Fantasy, FICTION: Romance / Romantic Comedy, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION: Thrillers / Domestic, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Romance / Time Travel, FICTION: Animals, FICTION: Epistolary *, FICTION: Epistolary (Letters, Diaries, etc.)