The Correspondent by Virginia Evans [PAPERBACK] [PRE-ORDER 11/6]

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026


'Masterful . . . I was delighted and moved'
NEW YORK TIMES

'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'
CLARE CHAMBERS

'What a novel! Tender, dry, sharp...devastating, but still feel good.'
PANDORA SYKES

'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'
FLORENCE KNAPP

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Sybil Van Antwerp is seventy-three, slowly losing her sight and always writing letters . . .

To her children. Her favourite authors. Her ex-sister-in-law. The journalist poking into her past.
Her doctor. Suitors. Kindly neighbours. The infuriating gardening club.

All receive Sybil's witty, wise correspondence, rich with everyday concerns.

But there is one letter that she has never sent. It concerns the darkest period of her life. To post it, Sybil must find forgiveness within herself.

The hardest letter to write is the one you'd never dare to send.