
THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans is my top read so far this year. It is an epistolary novel consisting almost entirely of letters written to and from Sybil Van Antwerp, a woman in her 70s living outside Annapolis. Sybil is a bit prickly and cold, but as you learn through her correspondence with many people in her life – her brother, her children, her best friend, former colleagues, neighbors, and even famous novelists – there are reasons for her prickliness. I think it is best to go into this book without knowing much more than that. It’s a gorgeous, wise,
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