January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War?Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine she would find it in a letter from a man she's never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.