The Correspondent

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026<BR>#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<BR>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<BR>OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE<BR>A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025<BR>AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER<BR>A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK<BR><BR>'A warm, funny gem of a novel'<BR>LAURA HACKETT, THE TIMES<BR><BR>'Masterful . . . I was delighted and moved'<BR>NEW YORK TIMES <BR><BR>'Immensely enjoyable'<BR>GUARDIAN<BR><BR>'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'<BR>CLARE CHAMBERS<BR><BR>'What a novel! Tender, dry, sharp...devastating, but still feel good.'<BR>PANDORA SYKES <BR><BR>'Tremendous'<BR>FREDRIK BACKMAN<BR><BR>'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'<BR>FLORENCE KNAPP<BR><BR>'The year's breakout novel no one saw coming'<BR>WALL STREET JOURNAL<BR><BR>-<BR>Sybil Van Antwerp is seventy-three, slowly losing her sight and always writing letters . . .<BR><BR>To her children. Her favourite authors. Her ex-sister-in-law. The journalist poking into her past.<BR>Her doctor. Suitors. Kindly neighbours. The infuriating gardening club.<BR><BR>All receive Sybil's witty, wise correspondence, rich with everyday concerns. <BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>The hardest letter to write is the one you'd never dare to send.<BR>