The letter tree : a novel / Rachel Fordham.

Includes discussion questions (pages 342-343).

"Romeo and Juliet meets You've Got Mail in 1920s New York when hidden letters change everything for two lost souls and the community around them"--

Buffalo, NY, 1924. Since her mother died seven years ago Laura Bradshaw, the Bradshaw Shoe Company heiress, has been as good as locked away in a tower. Her overbearing father throws himself into his tireless takedown of his competitor, the Campbell Shoe Company, unaware Laura has been exchanging letters with a mysterious friend. As heir to the Campbell Shoe Company, Isaac Campbell is a sought-after bachelor who has never felt an inkling of desire for the women who constantly bat their eyes at him. His thoughts are consumed by an oak tree in the Buffalo Zoo--or rather, the mystery woman he exchanges letters with courtesy of the tree. The letters are Isaac's only joys in a life consumed by his father's tireless hatred of Bradshaw. When Laura's father orchestrates a match between her and an important business owner, she resolves to pursue her only chance at freedom. Isaac is certain there's more to the Bradshaw-Campbell feud, and won't stop digging until he uncovers the truth that might bridge the divide between him and the woman whose words captured his heart. -- adapted from back cover.