{"product_id":"letters-to-amelia-9781771666985","title":"Letters to Amelia","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrace Porter is reeling from grief after her partner of seven years unexpectedly leaves. Amidst her heartache, the thirty-year-old library tech is tasked with reading newly discovered letters that Amelia Earhart wrote to her lover, Gene Vidal. She becomes captivated by the famous pilot who disappeared in 1937. Letter by letter, Grace understands more about Amelia while piecing her own life back together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Grace discovers she is pregnant, her life becomes more intertwined with the aviation hero and she begins to write her own letters to Amelia. While navigating her third trimester--amidst new conspiracy theories about Amelia's mysterious disappearance, the search for her remains, and the impending publication of her private letters--Grace goes on a pilgrimage of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderscoring the power of reading and writing letters for self-discovery, \u003ci\u003e Letters to Amelia\u003c\/i\u003e is, above all, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea story of the essential need for connection--and our universal ability to find hope in the face of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eLetters to Amelia\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrimming over with Lindsay Zier-Vogel's obvious love for the story of Amelia Earhart, \u003ci\u003eLetters to Amelia\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful novel about flight and passion, about love-letters and reaching out; a novel about how we never know quite what's coming next, but still keep launching ourselves into the blue tomorrow.--Jon McGregor, author of \u003ci\u003eReservoir 13\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA tender portrait of heartbreak and a thoughtful ode to new motherhood. Letters to Amelia is an endorsement of finding our own ways to heal, and a celebration of that big, messy, wonderful journey of coming into one's own. Charming and beautifully rendered, this is a big-hearted hopeful novel, full of life and love. --Stacey May Fowles, author of \u003ci\u003eBaseball Life Advice: Loving the Game that Saved Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen we think of Amelia Earhart, we think enigmatic adventurer and feminist pioneer--and, of course, of her mysterious disappearance. But in \u003cem\u003eLetters to Amelia\u003c\/em\u003e, we meet a different Amelia Earhart, as seen through the eyes of Grace, the novel's protagonist, a young library tech tasked with reading her letters: an Amelia who is funny, charming, joyful, sad, and most of all, full of life. Zier-Vogel writes with uncanny empathy about heartbreak, friendship, motherhood, and the common threads that connect women across time, geography, and even between earth and sky. \u003cem\u003eLetters to Amelia\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous, big-hearted debut that will make you feel like you are flying, and Zier-Vogel is a writer whose career is about to soar. --Amy Jones, author of \u003cem\u003eEvery Little Piece of Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters to Amelia\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to hold our heroines close and to take heart - it is gentle and joyous, full of tenderness, alive and sturdy with hope. --Anne Michaels, author of \u003ci\u003eFugitive Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter Vault\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771666985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200","brand":"Lindsay Zier-Vogel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40793249644725,"sku":"9781771666985","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0a70f709-b230-49a2-8b0f-704628179083.jpg?v=1629204220","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/letters-to-amelia-9781771666985","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}