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Discover the emotional, funny, unforgettable BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, Amazon Best Book of 2025 and New York Times bestselling word-of-mouth sensation that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year...
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There were so many seeminly disparate threads to the epistolary storyline but they came together so naturally and beautifully in the end.
When I first started The Correspondent, I found it a bit confusing and had to jot down who was who to keep everything straight. But that didn’t last long, once I settled in, I was hooked. The story centers on Sylvia, a senior woman who was ahead of her time professionally, and whose life unfolds through letters to family, friends, and even film stars, authors, and politicians. Through her correspondence, we see her regrets, kindnesses, heartbreak, health struggles, and moments of joy.
At first, I wasn’t sure about the letter-writing format, but it ended up being one of the things…
How original to write the novel through the medium of letters. The storytelling was masterful.
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