An Epistolary Life

The author wrote letters to notable people over the course of almost a half century and received fascinating responses. Letters written long ago sound like today's headlines. Things that thrilled and delighted then still offer joy and enrichment today. The book is an entertainment with some information not usually found. The news these days is so full of violence and anger. This book presents, undergirded by no less than Walker Percy, Shakespeare and Carlos Eire, an alternative way of looking at the world, a celebration of creativity and intelligence. Readers will laugh, cry, and gasp in recognition as they read the author's stories of her adventures and thoughts. An Epistolary Life is a delightful balm for the times we live in.

From a simple idea of recording letters to and from celebrated people so that her grandchildren could one day read and learn more about their grandmother, this book grew to become about larger ideas that have influenced the author over her life.

Janet Cantor is a mother of three and grandmother of seven. She resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.