Dear Miss Lovelorn

It is 1947, and twenty-two-year-old Signy Jonasson has spent the past nine years as a patient in a rural Canadian tuberculosis sanatorium. With little hope of recovery, her most reliable companions have been her diaries — blossoming with blue ink, intelligence, wit, and longing. But when she attracts the attention of visiting newspaperman, Raymond McLaren, of The Wheat City Herald, their mutual fascination sparks an unlikely bedside courtship. At last, a larger life seems possible — messy, ambiguous, and full of bittersweet promise. Dear Miss Lovelorn: Prose and Possibility, told through a series of letters and diary entries, celebrates the miracle of unexpected connections and the equally miraculous world of words.

Martha Brooks is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year Award, and has received the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. This is her first novel for adults.