Get ready for some heartwarming conversations in June as we break down The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, the book that topped so many “Best of 2025” lists.
This epistolary debut chronicles prickly seventy-something Sybil Van Antwerp’s life through the letters she writes to friends, family, customer service reps, authors she admires, and more. Sybil believes in writing as a way to preserve civility and document her life, one that we see has held a good amount of heartbreak that she is still working through. Even as she uses her writing to make sense of the past, her letters introduce new possibilities for her future as she corresponds with old colleagues and strangers, family members she never knew existed, and even would-be suitors. By the end of this book, you’ll wish Sybil was your pen pal. Read the summary and purchase the book through your local bookstore here.
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Have questions about the Big I Indiana Book Club? Reach out to Melissa Hall at [email protected] or (317) 228-3030.