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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2025 · 16 MIN

'The Correspondent' by Virginia Evans

from The Radio 2 Book Club · host BBC Radio 2

Our Book Club pick this week is 'The Correspondent' by Virginia Evans. She joins Sara down the line from the USofA to tell us all about the inspiration behind this novel, why she loves writing letters and how she once lost a draft of an entire book on her laptop! She also gives us some great book recommendations too! If you have read any of our choices recently, well we'd love to hear from you. Remember you can email anytime: [email protected]'s the blurb for The Correspondent: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.

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