La corresponsal

Throughout her life, Sybil Van Antwerp has used correspondence to make sense of the world and her place in it. Almost every morning, around 10:30, she sits down to write letters: to her brother, to her best friend, to the university dean who won't let her audit a class she longs to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to share her thoughts on their latest books, and to someone she writes to frequently but never sends her letters to. Sybil has lived a full life as a mother, grandmother, wife, divorcee, and successful lawyer, and she trusts that her world will remain the same. However, when correspondence from someone in her past forces her to confront one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that the letter she has been writing for years must finally be read, and that she cannot move forward until she finds the capacity to forgive in her heart. The Correspondent is a literary gem about the power of finding solace in literature and connecting with people we may never meet. And while Sybil Van Antwerp's epistolary life may seem "something insignificant," she can become one of the most memorable characters you'll ever read.