Unfinished Business: Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life by Brandt, Frish
Unfinished Business: Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life by Brandt, Frish

Unfinished Business: Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life

An inspiring and eminently useful guide to the art of letter writing, including prompts and exercises to...
$34.80 USD
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Author: Frish Brandt
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Unfinished Business: Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life by Brandt, Frish

Unfinished Business: Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life

$34.80
Unfinished Business: Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life by Brandt, Frish

Unfinished Business: Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life

$34.80
Author: Frish Brandt
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
An inspiring and eminently useful guide to the art of letter writing, including prompts and exercises to help deepen our most important connections and heal old wounds, by a beloved "letter midwife."

"A pragmatic, empathetic, urgent call to stop avoiding the hardest conversations and start enjoying the world beyond hurt and regret . . . A true service to readers."--Kelly Corrigan, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me More and The Middle Place

We all have "unfinished business" thank-you notes we meant to write, goodbyes we never spoke, apologies we haven't managed to give. Here to help us put those words on paper, letter midwife Frish Brandt provides singular guidance on how to write the five fundamental missives that underscore the meaning of our lives: Thank you, I'm sorry, I miss you, I love you, and Goodbye.

With real-world examples from her experience of teaching in universities, workshops, and individual sessions around the country, Brandt weaves practical writing prompts with gentle reflections on grief, connection, forgiveness, and closure, offering the tools--and the courage--to help you write what you have long held inside. At once an invitation, a guidebook, and an ode to the power of the written word, Unfinished Business will help deepen your most important connections and heal old wounds. It is a book to read, to write alongside, and to return to again and again.

Author: Frish Brandt
Publisher: Rodale Books
Published: 10/27/2026
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780593980699


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2026

About the Author
Frish Brandt teaches essential letter writing at Stanford University's School of Medicine and to individuals and institutions around the country, including museums, universities, hospitals, and caregiving associations. She worked in the arts for more than four decades before becoming a full-time Letter Midwife. She lives and writes in San Francisco.
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