The Wednesday Letters by: Jason P. Wright

This is not a book that I would normally have picked up and read on my own. If it were not for our reading group, I would have passed this book by -- and in fact I did, more than once. However, I was pleasantly surprised at the story this little book had to tell.

When a family is confronted by the loss of both of their parents, at the same time -- many of the unresolved issued of the family's past are suddenly pushed into the fore-front, as all of the children return home for their parents funeral. It is only discovered, when the children begin sorting through their parents belongings, that their father had written a letter to their mother, ever Wednesday of their married life.

As the children begin to sort through, and read these letters, they discover many things about their parents they had never known, and even a family secret that threatens to tear the children even farther apart. And yet -- they find that the letters are more of a source of healing, than the resurrection of more pain, as they begin to see their parents in a new light. They come to appreciate the miraculous relationship that their parents had, not only with each other, but in relation to their children as well.

This is a great book about the power of forgiveness -- and the healing that forgiveness brings into the lives of everyone it is extended too. It is also the story of how difficult it is to learn to forgive, but the solace and comfort true forgiveness can bring, once that lesson is learned.
This is a book that I don't regret reading. And while it is still not normally the type of book I would choose to sit down and read -- it is a well presented story, with characters that are easy to identify with. The time is certainly not waisted in reading this book.