Dear Everybody

Letters from the Heart

By: Stephanie Smith

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Paperback | 10 October 2023

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336 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91

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A dying father's request for his daughter to "do something" with a trove of family letters leads the author, in the midst of a difficult divorce, back through the lives of five generations of women as they searched for connection and meaning, back to learn what sustained them through love and loss, and to discover the values that bound them together.

In intensely personal prose, Smith explores what influenced her maternal grandmother, Hannah Stevenson Trimble, widowed at age forty-one, to travel the world and become a woman who lived on the edge of protocol.

Interweaving Hannah's writing with the author's reflections on her life as she returns to her father's beloved Maine, Smith gives us insight into the fine balance between the need for individuality and independence, and the need for intimacy and a sense of belonging.

Industry Reviews

Early in author Stephanie Smith's new book, Dear Everybody, she writes: "Somewhere during my marriage, I lost track of what had become of me." The realization sets Smith on a journey to a second life, guided by a box of yellowed letters from her late grandmother, Hannah. Slowly, then boldly, Smith opens herself to Hannah's sense of adventure, sensuality, love and freedom, all of it "sprinkled with a sense of humor." Dear Everybody is a beautiful, searingly honest book that left me excited to read whatever Smith writes next. Joan Ryan, author, journalist, San Francisco, California

I can't put this book down. It is like a symphony to my soul. Susan Gantner, artist, Mill Valley, California

Hannah Stevenson Trimble's letters reveal her wit, her wisdom, and her resilience, providing comfort and guidance to her granddaughter and all women who, whether by choice or circumstance, journey alone.

--Laura Bonazzoli, author of Consecration Pond: A Novel in Stories

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