Letters Between Us

Letters Between Us is a powerful story of search for self identity of losing a friend and finding her in a deeper sense and through her making discoveries and gaining insights. Overman grips you with intimate startling details so that you cant stop reading until you have reached the last page. Nahid Rachlin author Persian Girls and Jumping Over Fire Linda Overmans Letters Between Us is a clever intricate powerful novel a tale of girls gone wild amidst the sex drugs rock n roll of the Sixties and of the women they become. The story of Katharine and Laura-electrified with the possibilities of youth grounded in the accommodations of adulthood charged with the irony and tragedy-would be hard to forget even if simply told. But Overman is an artist brave and skilled enough to put the pen in her characters hands and let them write their own story of hope and disappointment passion and desire. That makes Letters unforgettable. David Bradley author South Street and The Chaneysville Incident Cutting edge. A rarity. In an era of male buddy sagas a story of a deeply tender relationship between two women-only one of which is a survivor-in a time and place hard to navigate: late 20th century America. Their strong voices both tough and tender gutsy and sweet compel us to listen. Read this book. Eve La Salle Caram Award winning novelist Senior Instructor in Fiction Writing The Writers Program UCLA Extension Poignant and remarkable storytelling of lost friendships family and innocence. A rich narrative of coming of age in Los Angeles in the 70s while tackling generational differences cultures and rediscovering lifes regrets hopes tribulations and pleasures. Mariana Galvez Director of Media & Marketing Emmy Award Winning Series 24