The Last Letter From Your Lover Summary
Jojo Moyes

The Last Letter From Your Lover Overview

Jojo Moyes's novel, The Last Letter from your Lover, is the story of Jennifer, a young socialite who falls in love with a reporter named Anthony in 1960. A series of events keeps them apart. In 1964, when Jennifer tries to contact Anthony at the newspaper where he is still working, his boss blocks the way. The boss feels that Anthony has had enough heartbreak. Jennifer leaves a packet of the love letters Anthony wrote her years earlier as a message that she wants them to be together, but Anthony never sees them. Instead, the letters end up in the newspaper's library. Almost 40 years later, a features reporter named Ellie finds them while doing research for an article. The letters lead Ellie to help Jennifer and Anthony reunite. Additionally, the letters help Ellie make decisions about her own life. The novel's main themes are love and sacrifice, communication, and coping.