Letter from a Stranger

About the book

Captivating and evocative, Letter from Istanbul will take you on an unforgettable journey from idyllic Connecticut to exotic Istanbul to war-torn Berlin then back to the present day. One day a letter arrives at its intended destination -- Connecticut. The addressee, Deborah Nolan, no longer lives there but the house is used on weekends by her twin children, Justine and Richard. On opening the letter, Justine discovers that her maternal grandmother is still alive. At eighty years old, Leah has written to her daughter Deborah, begging for reconciliation after ten estranged years. Justine, consumed with this revelation, traces her grandmother to Istanbul and immediately flies out to see her. Justine throws herself into her grandmother's glamorous lifestyle, and falls for the delectable Jake, Leah's best friend Anita's American grandson. But she has a life far away, and she's a long way from Connecticut! Suspecting more to her mother and grandmother's estrangement than the story of greed told to her, Justine digs deep into Leah's past and discovers some painful truths. Justine uncovers the horrors of Leah's life in in Nazi Germany. Uncertain of what the final outcome of Leah and Deborah's relationship will be, Justine wonders if the unfixable can be fixed, and if Leah's happy reunion with her grandchildren is enough!