Wright, Jason F

They died in each other's arms. But their secret--the letters--did not die with them. True love keeps no secrets. Jack and Laurel have been married for 39 years. They've lived a good life and appear to have had the perfect marriage. With his wife cradled in his arms, and before Jack takes his final breath, he scribbles his last "Wednesday Letter." When their adult children arrive to arrange the funeral, they discover boxes and boxes full of love letters that their father wrote their mother each week on Wednesday. As they begin to open and read the letters, the children uncover the shocking truth about their past. In addition, each one must deal with present-day challenges. Matthew has a troubled marriage, Samantha is a single mother, and Malcolm is the black sheep of the family who has returned home after a mysterious two-year absence.

After the deaths of their parents, three siblings return home to make funeral arrangements and find boxes full of love letters that their father wrote to their mother each week on Wednesday, uncovering the shocking truth about the past.

Penny Paisley holds a party to present the family "Christmas Jar"--a jar in which her family has been saving spare change throughout the year--to an ailing neighbor, Grandpa Charlie.

The lives of three young people are changed when they attend a workshop with Cole, the son of Rex Conner, a man whose grief over the drowning of his girlfriend's young sister while he was supposed to be watching led him to look for opportunities to do good for others.

Aspiring newspaper writer Hope Jensen receives an anonymous Christmas gift, and her search to find her benefactor leads her to an unusual family who inspires her to change her life forever.