Gramercy Book Club Picks THE LAST LETTERS OF SALLY AND WALTER for May!

Schedule

Tue May 05 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:30 pm

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Gramercy Books | Columbus, OH

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A heartwarming story of a curmudgeon and a newcomer who strike up an unlikely friendship over cutthroat Scrabble at a their retirement home!
About this Event

Join booksellers Nikki Snyder and Katie Cerqua, who will facilitate a book discussion of by Cammie McGovern. With the tenacious spirit of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and the long-lived verve of Thursday M**der Club comes a heartwarming story of a curmudgeon and a newcomer who strike up an unlikely friendship over cutthroat Scrabble at their retirement home, outrageously starting something new in their golden eras.

A social hour at Kittie’s will precede the program at 5:00 pm, with the book discussion beginning at 6:15 pm.

A ticket to this program includes a copy of the book and a beverage at Kittie’s. It is strongly encouraged that registrants read the book prior to the program.

As a new resident of Golden Grove, an independent living community for active seniors, Sally wants to do everything in her power to start off on the right foot. But between navigating unspoken social rules of the community and leaving two struggling adult children back at home, fitting in becomes harder than she expected. So when she sees flyers advertising the Scrabble Club, she thinks she might as well give it a try. She quickly realizes her faux pas when she walks into the library to find just one man, Walter Kretzer, who has a reputation for being "a bit intense."

Walter has taken his Scrabble club a pinch too seriously in the past, but when he meets Sally, with her golden-flecked eyes and sensible style, and discovers she is something of a prodigy at the game, he can't help but feel his fate is about to change. As he draws Sally into the world of high-stakes Scrabble tournaments, his feelings for her grow and inspire him to take a hard look at his life. When the truth about Sally's reasons for moving to Golden Grove are suddenly exposed, Walter finds himself with the gumption to make his last chapter in life the best yet.

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Gramercy Books, 2424 East Main Street, Columbus, United States

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