is a story you will find captivating
for its honesty, humor,
style, pathos and spirituality.
It will capture your heart.
A quote from Elaine: How I do love it—my past through these saved pieces of paper—laughing and crying and marveling and hardly ever wanting to forget!
The heart of Dear Elaine is a rich trove of saved correspondence between Elaine (Long Island musician, wife and mother of six) and Marla (Cape Cod poet, wife and mother of three). The letters provide authentic glimpses into the minds of both women and a pungent commentary on the social climate during the final two decades of the 20
A paper trail of a rare 15-year friendship between two women who meet on a Caribbean beach and, in a passionate and intellectually stimulating correspondence, discover shared values and psychic secrets.
Elaine’s husband Bob narrates the saga of her earlier years and offers his witness to her coping with strokes, rehabilitation, fractures and surgery and, finally, the tenderness, poignancy and beauty of her life’s end.
How to order Dear Elaine
ROBERT E. A. LEE is an award-winning movie
and television producer, TV-host and writer. He is the author of six previous books
including companion volumes to the movie, Martin Luther,
and the PBS-TV special he produced,
The Joy of Bach. He co-hosted the nationwide
cable-TV show, VISN on Film.
| Title: | DEAR ELAINE | ||||||||||||||
| Author: | Robert E. A. Lee | ||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | iUniverse
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-595-39091-5 (paperback) | ISBN-13: |
978-0-595-83480-8 (e-book) | ISBN-10: |
0-595-39091-9 (paperback) | ISBN-10: |
0-595-83480-9 (e-book) | Pub. Date: |
21 August 2006 | Pages: |
312 pp. | Price: |
$22.95 | |
