My Dear Frank: The Letters That Inspired the Novel, The Last Letter

by Jeanie Scouller Arthur, Kathleen Shoop (Editor), Barbara Arthur Jacobs (Editor)

These letters, From Jeanie Arthur to Frank Arthur, were written in the year of their engagement between July 1882 and May 1883. The correspondence served as the inspiration for their great-great granddaughter, Kathleen Shoop's, novel, The Last Letter. Her novel is fiction, of course, but these heartfelt, optimistic love words have their own story arc, and tell an old-fashioned love tale that has a surprisingly modern tone that deserves to see the light of day.

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2011

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just a collection of letters a woman wrote to her fiance the year before they were married. Not very interesting or inspiring in any way. The letters were used with others to write "The Last Letter." Was like pulling teeth to just finish this one!