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\n #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u2022 OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD \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.
\u201cThis novel is a complete and utter joy.\u201d\u2014Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful
\u201cQuietly dazzling.\u201d\u2014The New York Times
\u201cI cried more than once as I witnessed this brilliant woman come to understand herself more deeply.\u201d\u2014Florence Knapp, author of The Names
In development as a major motion picture
WINNER OF THE WOMEN\u2019S PRIZE FOR FICTION \u2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE AND THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL \u2022 A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Elle, Christian Science Monitor, She Reads
\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
Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, The Correspondent is 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.
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.
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.
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

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Publisher \u200f : \u200e Crown
Publication date \u200f : \u200e April 29, 2025
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Print length \u200f : \u200e 304 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 0593798430
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0593798430
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 1.05 pounds
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 6.13 x 0.75 x 9.13 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #12 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Women’s Domestic Life Fiction #1 in Epistolary Fiction (Books) #1 in Contemporary Women Fiction
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