{"product_id":"the-correspondent-by-virginia-evans","title":"The Correspondent by Virginia Evans","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e#1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as \"A cause for celebration\"--an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn development as a major motion picture starring Jane Fonda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL, AND THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Boston Globe, Elle, Christian Science Monitor, She Reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how—through letters—in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e“Dear Ms. Van Antwerp,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is a movie coming out this month and I saw the trailer and it made me think of you. It’s about an old woman who lives alone like a hermit.  She is eccentric and rude….”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSybil Van Antwerp is a mother and grandmother, divorced, retired from a distinguished career in law, an avid gardener, and a writer of letters. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause at seventy-three, Sybil has used her letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. But as Sybil expects her life to go on as it always has, letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a gem of a novel that is a testament to the power of the written word.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis this year's breakout novel no one saw coming.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I cried more than once as I witnessed this brilliant woman come to understand herself more deeply.\"--Florence Knapp, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Names\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48786061000932,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/5505\/3796\/files\/thecorrespondent.jpg?v=1776732528","url":"https:\/\/maplemercantilebooks.com\/products\/the-correspondent-by-virginia-evans","provider":"Maple Mercantile Book \u0026 Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}