&ldquo\;Imagine\, the letters one has sent out into the world\, the letters received back in turn\, are like the pie ces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn&rsquo\;t there something wonderful in that\, to think that a story of one&rsquo\;s life is preserved in some way\, that this very letter may one day mean something\, even if it is a v ery small thing\, to someone?&rdquo\;
\nFilled with knowledge that o nly 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 yout h and the wisdom of old age\, and the mistakes and acts of kindness that o ccur during a lifetime.
\nSybil 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&mdash\;to her b rother\, 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 Did ion 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.\n
Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has&mdash\;a mother\, grandmother\, wife\, divorcee\, distinguished lawyer\, she has lived a ve ry full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to exami ne one of the most painful periods of her life\, she realizes that the let ter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cann ot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.
\ nSybil Van Antwerp&rsquo\;s life of letters might be &ldquo\;a very sma ll thing\,&rdquo\; but she also might be one of the most memorable charact ers you will ever read.
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