The Correspondent

A quietly powerful, word-of-mouth bestseller told entirely through letters and emails. Sybil Van Antwerp is a retired lawyer in her seventies who has spent her life making sense of the world through correspondence -- with her children, an ex-lover, an inmate she once helped convict, and even famous authors she admires. As her eyesight begins to fail, Sybil is forced to slow down and finally reckon with old regrets, buried griefs, and the relationships she let slip away. Funny, wise, and unexpectedly moving, this Ann Patchett-endorsed debut novel is a gentle celebration of the written word and proof that it's never too late to reconnect.