NEW YORK TIMES\u00a0<\/i>BESTSELLER \u2022 Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as \u201cA cause for celebration\u201d\u2014an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cThe Correspondent<\/i>\u00a0is this year\u2019s breakout novel no one saw coming.\u201d\u2014The Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cI cried more than once as I witnessed this brilliant woman come to understand herself more deeply.\u201d\u2014Florence Knapp, author of\u00a0The Names<\/i><\/p>\n
LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE AND THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL \u2022 A PBS TOP SUMMER BOOK\u00a0\u2022 LIBRARYREADS<\/i>\u00a0PICK OF THE MONTH \u2022 A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR,\u00a0The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, She Reads<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cImagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn\u2019t there something wonderful in that, to think that a story of one\u2019s life is preserved in some way, that this very letter may one day mean something, even if it is a very small thing, to someone?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived,\u00a0The Correspondent<\/i>\u00a0is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person. It is about the hubris of youth and the wisdom of old age, and the mistakes and acts of kindness that occur during a lifetime.<\/p>\n
Sybil Van Antwerp has throughout her life used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters\u2014to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.<\/p>\n
Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has\u2014a mother, grandmother, wife, divorcee, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a very full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.<\/p>\n
Sybil Van Antwerp\u2019s life of letters might be \u201ca very small thing,\u201d but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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