Rewrite to Sender
by Hisham Abdullah
Publisher: Pagebayt Publishing (2025)
Language: English
Paperback: 228 pages
ISBN-10: 6299560541
ISBN-13: 978-6299560548
Teaching was only the first draft.
A former English teacher stumbles upon an envelope of forgotten story ideas, left behind by his students decades ago.
On impulse, he begins writing a story for each one. He sends them by post, unsure if they’ll be read.
Some reply.
Some don’t.
Some letters vanish into the past.
One by one, his students—now adults, scattered across careers and continents—respond not just with gratitude, but with rewrites of their own. Some are warm, recalling quiet encouragement. Others are sharper, more critical. He reads them all.
As their words return, he begins to see not just who they became—but who he was to them.
A quiet reckoning between teacher and student, Rewrite to Sender explores the cost and grace of teaching, and the stories that outlast the classroom.
