The story begins with an anonymous‚ orange letter that a man sends to a married woman who has 2 children. In this letter the man declares his since long suppressed desire to praise her beauty that he has been admiring from a distance. Other anonymous letters filled with praise follow. Her daily life is disturbed and troubled. As days pass he reveals his first name and gives her a post box address so that she can answer. She in turn introduces herself; her name is Julie and her children are Romane and Pierre. This beautiful story is told with delicacy and affection. The author possesses the rare art of being able to unveil the soul of our daily lives with relentless emotion; transforming a normal day into one filled with great happiness.