36 pages • 1 hour read
Jojo MoyesThe Last Letter From Your Lover
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Consider the relationships depicted in the novel. To what extent is sexual desire and satisfaction in the novel the product of wanting something forbidden or out of reach?
Consider Ellie and Jennifer’s respective social circles. To what degree are friends a reliable source of romantic advice? How might friends represent an obstacle to romantic satisfaction?
The novel explores the distance between communication at the turn of the 21st century and half a century prior. What perspective does the novel take on the idea of the possibility of love letters in the present day?
Consider Jennifer’s amnesia and the return of her memory. How is Jennifer’s past restored to her?
Consider the idea that romance depends on the deferral of satisfaction and discuss this in relation to Jennifer and Anthony’s relationship. Are Jennifer and Anthony star-crossed lovers kept apart by fate and society, or are they enacting an intentional dynamic to meet their sexual and emotional needs?
In what ways is an epistolary relationship preferable to a close and physically proximate one?
Discuss the role of alcohol in The Last Letter from Your Lover? Is it always a destructive force? What truths does it help reveal?
Discuss Yvonne’s reaction to Jennifer and her comment that she is acting “selfishly” by wanting to leave her husband? Is there any truth to what she says?
In what ways does writing distort and create identity in The Last Letter from Your Lover?
In what ways does Jennifer’s first sexual experience inform her relationships with Laurence and Anthony?
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