The interdependence of one generation on another is captured in such fragile and simple items as a china cup and an unsent letter.
Writing unsent letters is a fine way to ventilate hot feelings without triggering nuclear exchanges, but it requires the planned use of "snail mail."
My wife found some unsent letters in the attic from the original owner, Colonel Spivey.
The novel abounds in extracts from his diary and unsent letters, telling their adventures from childhood to the war onset.
Andreas-Salomé left a number of unsent letters to Freud at Smith's home.
All the time, the one thing he has been able to hold onto is his collection of unsent letters to his love.
Gradually, Aphra's unsent letters begin to explore her past, as Marc's sent communications explore his.
Taken together, these unsent letters tell the remarkable story of Jonathon's life.
"I kept a calendar with a countdown until election day," she later wrote in an unsent letter to him.