The Last Letters of Sally and Walter is a beautiful story about two retirees who begin a friendship and reveal their faults in order to move forward into their futures. As they get to know each other, by playing scrabble, they begin to confide to each other about their children, regrets and secrets. How fortunate they are to uncover and learn from mistakes.
Sally has just moved into Golden Grove, an independent living retirement home, against her children’s wishes. After taking care of her late husband most of her life she feels she needs this freedom. As she looks into the different clubs they offer, she sees there is a Scrabble Club. But, when she goes to the meeting, there is only a man named Walter who is the leader and no one else. Walter seems to be a bit of a curmudgeon, and she is told the club lost its members because of him, but if she would like to play a game, he would love it. She agrees and not only does she discover she loves the game but with Walter’s expert advice she becomes good at it, very good.
Sally and Walter begin to develop not only a friendship but with his guidance she decides to enter a tournament. As their companionship grows, they begin to tell each other about their past lives, their children, spouses and disappointments with their children, their pasts and more important themselves.
As Sally enters tournaments with Walter by her side coaching her, she feels powerful, doing something just for herself. But that all starts to crumble when she discovers her children need her. She goes to them leaving Walter questioning if it was him. Meanwhile Walter’s son has a crisis and in the only way Walter knows how he tries to help but only seems to make the situation worse.
And they will both encounter health issues which neither wants to admit or have help for, but their friendship will guide them. Slowly…
Both Sally and Walter must take a hard look at their previous lives and discover perhaps what they could have or should have done differently. Their futures will depend on it.
The Last Letters of Sally and Walter is not only a love story, but a rite of passage for each of them as two lost souls are able to piece together new lives, conquer hardships and learn to lean on others.
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