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Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Discovering a tattered letter that says she is to open it only in the event of her husband's death, Cecelia, a successful family woman, is unable to resist reading the letter and discovers a secret that shatters her life and the lives of two other women. By the author of What Alice Forgot.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. Nothing else, just a list of names on a single sheet of paper. None of the nine people know or have ever met the others on the list. They dismiss it as junk mail, a fluke--until very, very bad things begin happening to people on the list. First, a well-liked old man is drowned on a beach in the small town of Kennewick, Maine. Then, a father is shot in the back while running through...
3) Dear John
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While John, a young soldier, is home on a temporary leave, he meets and falls in love with Savannah, a college girl on her spring break. Savannah promises to write to John when he is sent overseas. Over the next seven years, the couple continues to be separated by John's increasingly dangerous deployments. Though they meet only sporadically, they continue to stay in touch through love letters that eventually bring fateful consequences.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, a frustrated architect. When they discover that they're living two years apart, they try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen and Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Holly Kennedy is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life - a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry. So when his life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry, so it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lee Israel made her living in the 1970s and 1980s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. Though Lee Israel has undeniable profiling skills, her work has grown stale and hackneyed, rendering her profession unnecessary and insignificant. Now in times of financial hardship, Israel must find other ways to make a living. With assistance from her steadfast friend, Jack, the two endeavor...
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High-powered Manhattan attorney Ellen Branford is going to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish - to deliver a mysterious letter to a man who owns a blueberry farm. As Ellen sets out on her grandmother's mission, she unravels the mysterious love story her grandmother left behind.
8) Love letters
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Andy is a serious down-to-earth attorney. Melissa is a lively, free-spirited artist. These two opposites have a definite attraction. They are childhood friends who share a lifetime of experiences through a voluminous series of letters and notes. Their correspondence follows a bittersweet path of boarding schools, marriage, children, divorce and missed opportunities. It's the life journey of two soul mates - enacted through words both written and unsaid...
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Postman Matt meets mysterious new coworker Kristi. As an official 'Santa Writer', Kristi is buried in children's letters to Santa. Her job-to respond to every letter addressed to St. Nick. Their petty boss is suspicious of her and enlists a reluctant Matt to spy on her. The more Matt gets to know Kristi, the more he falls for her. After learning of Matt's forced betrayal, Kristi is devastated and leaves the post office. Will the magic of the season...
Author
Language
English
Description
Violet Baumgartner has opened her annual holiday letter the same way for the past three decades. And this year she's going to throw her husband, Ed, a truly perfect retirement party, one worthy of memorializing in her upcoming letter. But the event becomes a disaster when, in front of two hundred guests, Violet learns her daughter Cerise has been keeping a shocking secret from her, shattering Violet's carefully constructed world. -- adapted from page...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight Moon the adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the "great green room" might have come to be. June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her great-aunt Ruby's estate...
12) Broken flowers
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Confirmed bachelor Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don begins to resign himself to being alone and left to his own devices. However, he becomes compelled to reflect on his past when he receives a mysterious pink letter by mail. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate the contents of the letter by his closest friend and neighbor,...
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When The Postables discover an antique vase with a letter inside, they trace the package to three little girls who attempted to sell the vase eighteen years ago in order to save their family farm. While the vase was an heirloom from many generations ago, the origin is suspicious. With the farm again facing financial hardship, The Postables must choose between doing what's legal and what₂s moral.
Series
Studio classic volume 27
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three women receive a letter from the town flirt who has run off with one of their husbands. Based on John Klempner's novel.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Maggie Fuller, a rebellious and troubled teenager, receives an old fashioned letter in the mail from an unknown source, she can't imagine who could have so many wonderful things to say about her. After all, she is all but invisible to her father and a disappointment to her mom. So she tracks down the mysterious author of the letter and uncovers someone she has never met, but someone who seems to know her better than anyone else in her life.
16) Dear God
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom Turner a is money-scamming con artist who goes from no-good to doing good. His transformation begins when a judge gives him a choice of work or prison. Tim chooses work, and is assigned to a post office's Dead Letter Office. There he begins a con of divine proportions - by responding to letters addressed to God. With a few "miracles", he's in the right place to pocket any offerings mailed back. But an unexpected miracle takes place when the city...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Letter of the Month Club": Telly receives a letter from Seth, but the letters are too big and too loud to read. "Furry Red Monster Parade": Elmo marches in his very own parade through Sesame Street, but none of his friend are monsters and they're not furry!
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Late on a frozen February evening, a young woman is running through the streets of London. Having fled from her abusive boyfriend and with nowhere to go, Jess stumbles onto a forgotten lane where a small, clearly unlived-in old house offers her best chance of shelter for the night. The next morning, a mysterious letter arrives and when she can't help but open it, she finds herself drawn inexorably into the story of two lovers from another time. Fate...
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans handyman and blues singer-songwriter Gabe Recolte was left homeless before he had the chance to express his love for club owner Hattie. Oliver and his team retrieve Gabe's love letter years later and face challenges in solving the mystery.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Después de sufrir un ataque al corazón, el general retirado José Mendieta es perseguido por su oscuro pasado como oficial en la Operación Cóndor, la campaña apoyado por la CIA de la represión política en América Latina, que era responsable de ejecuciones, torturas y encarcelamientos en la década de 1970. En una carta a su hijo Pablo, Mendieta confiesa el papel que desempeñó en el secuestro, la persecución y ejecución de innumerables...