The Correspondent - Virginia Evans AUTHOR CHAT w/

Описание: We asked Virginia everything about this epistolary (like what exactly is that? lol). Not only does this debut still have a 4.6/5 Goodreads rating after 5 months tallying from 30K rankings, it's also ranked 4.9/5 by readers on Audible!!!

We discuss her writing process, background, space/preferences, and of course Sybil in depth. Virginia talks about why we get to read some of the authors responses back to Sybil and why we won't for others. This may be my favorite of the year and even other authors were joining as zoom audience members. Don't miss this jewel....and yes I'm predicting awards/recognitions for both the book and audiobook. Oh and did you know that Virginia and Ann Patchett have been corresponding via letter for more than 10 YEARS ?!?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LIBRARYREADS APRIL PICK • NAMED A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING (UK) MOST ANTICIPATED DEBUT
“Subtly told and finely made, The Correspondent is a portrait of a small life expanding. Virginia Evans shows how one woman changes at a point when change had seemed impossible. That change, like this novel, turns out to be a cause for celebration.”—Ann Patchett

SUMMARY:
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—to 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—a 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.

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’s life of letters might be “a very small thing,” but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.