Baffled, Alex writes back, saying that the house had no occupant before him and wondering how she could have known about the dog; while Kate, who just left it a week ago, imagines he is playing some kind of joke on her and fires back a reply.
As Kate and Alex continue to correspond through the lake house's mailbox they confirm that they are, incredibly, impossibly, living two years apart, and each at a time in their lives when they are struggling with past disappointments and trying to make a new start.
Sharing this unusual bond, they reveal more of themselves to one another with each passing week--their secrets, their doubts and dreams, until they find themselves falling in love. Determined to bridge the distance between them at last and unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary connection, they tempt fate by arranging to meet. But, by trying to join their two separate worlds, they could risk losing each other forever.
重点词汇
residency n. 住院医生实习期
tenant n. 房客,租客
forward v. 转寄
estranged a. 疏远的,不和的
acclaim n. 喝彩,欢呼,表扬
at the expense of 以损害…为代价
stray a. 迷途的,流浪的
unravel v. 拆开,探求答案