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The Wednesday Letters

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I’d almost given up on modern fiction entirely.  The only kind that ever interested me was that which centered around letters (you know how much I love letters!).

I wanted, so badly, for The Notebook to be good.  But I couldn’t get over the explicit scenes.  I thought P.S. I Love You looked cute.  But I didn’t get past the first few chapters.

So I almost didn’t buy The Wednesday Letters at the book sale the other day.

But it was about letters.  And the summary on the back looked promising.  So I decided that for 50 cents, I could at least check out the first chapter and put it on Paperback Swap if I didn’t like it.

I read the first chapter.  And the second.  And the third.  All the way to the last!  Laughing and crying as I went.

I finished it with a sense of wonder.  Had I just read a piece of modern fiction—a New York Times best seller, at that—which not only celebrated marriage, but forgiveness, sexual purity, and the life of an unborn baby as well?

I had!  The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright is still modern fiction—and modern fiction will never top C.S. Lewis or Gene Stratton Porter on my list.  But it was a book about love letters—a book I’ll actually keep on my shelf—a book I was glad to read.  A book that held high values that aren’t really best-sellers any more.  Values we still cherish here at the Little Pink House.

Here’s to writing more books about happy marriages.  Here’s to writing more love letters—on Wednesday or any day that ends in “y”.

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  1. Hannah says

    July 21, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    Oh, oh! You have to read “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson, then. It’s letters, and it’s just so wonderful. I dare say you will love it.

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    • a farmer's wife says

      July 22, 2010 at 11:56 am

      Oh, thank you for the recommendation! Our library has it so I’ll have to check it out. As soon as I get caught up on several other to-reads. 😉

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  2. Everly Pleasant says

    July 21, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    Oh, I feel the same way about modern fiction! The Wednesday Letters sounds promising though. Please let us know if you have any more similar experiences!

    And also, modern “Christian fiction” is another genre I have trouble with. I sometimes wish I could find some fiction which speaks highly of Christianity, purity etc, but the fictional novels under “Christian” seem to be horribly corny and dramatic. Do you have any suggestions under one such genre?

    Everly

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    • a farmer's wife says

      July 21, 2010 at 5:59 pm

      We’re the same way with the Christian fiction genre. I like Michael Phillips and Randy Alcorn. That’s about the extent of the authors in that genre I can recommend wholeheartedly. 🙂

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