FFL Book Discussion Group: The Correspondent Online
Join other readers at this virtual discussion - on Zoom - of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Contact: Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov to register and to obtain Zoom info.
About This Month's Book: The Correspondent
Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, The Correspondent is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person. It is about the hubris of youth and the wisdom of old age, and the mistakes and acts of kindness that occur during a lifetime.
Sybil Van Antwerp has throughout her life used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.
Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has—a mother, grandmother, wife, divorcee, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a very full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.
Limited copies of the book are available for checkout at the Main Desk.
- Date:
- Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Time:
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Branches:
- Main Library
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://fletcherfree.org/book-discussion-group
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Featured