The Correspondent
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Virginia Evans
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word.
But as the clock begins to tick for Sybil, the need for a few post-scripts to the life she’s led becomes apparent. Fixing her difficult relationship with her children. Taking a final chance at romance. Atoning for an old legal case which has come back to haunt her. And finally, reckoning with a devastating loss that she has spent the last thirty years holding close to her chest.
'Subtly told and finely made, The Correspondent is a portrait of a small life expanding' ANN PATCHETT
'The superbly talented Virginia Evans has written a novel of connection and daring' - ADRIANA TRIGANI, bestselling author of The Good Left Undone
'I was wowed by this deliciously brilliant book! Thank you, Virginia Evans, for a life beautifully told in letters, for creating a character whose mind struggles with her heart in a most intriguing, sympathetic, witty, and binge-worthy way' - Elinor Lipman, author of MS DEMEANOR
I was apprehensive about the book being a compilation of letters but it really worked. The main character Sybil writes to everyone and you immediately note the difference in tone between how she writes for example to her daughter compared to how she writes to her son. There’s a story there.
And many more stories. The plot, the backstory and the characters developed and really engaged me over the 9 year span and I really missed them when it ended.
I then used my credit to listen to the audio and it gave a really nuanced layered second read. I do not usually read a book a second time! I was afraid the multiple narrators would make it sound like a radio play but they really brought the characters to life.
It has 4.65 on goodreads and many reviewers mention the quality of the audio book
Wonderful novel, outstanding narration
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The audiobook version is really unique from anything I’ve listened to before. There are so many characters and all are read by different actors really bringing the experience to life. I loved it!
A unique audiobook listen
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Everything, from the story, characters, narration.
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