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The correspondent: a novel
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Published:
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
409 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Status:
5 copies, 32 people are on the wait list.

Description

Throughout her life Sybil Van Antwerp has 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, divorcée, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a 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 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.

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East Lyme Public New Large Print Fiction
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781420528619, 1420528610

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Description
Throughout her life Sybil Van Antwerp has 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, divorcée, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a 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 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.

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Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Evans, V. (2025). The correspondent: a novel. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Evans, Virginia, 1986-. 2025. The Correspondent: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Evans, Virginia, 1986-, The Correspondent: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Evans, Virginia. The Correspondent: A Novel. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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