{"product_id":"the-correspondent","title":"The Correspondent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller · BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick · \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Books of 2025 · Over 30,000 five-star Goodreads reviews.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"84 Charing Cross Road meets A Man Called Ove\"\u003c\/em\u003e — the word-of-mouth sensation that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters. To her brother. To her best friend. To the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take. To her favourite authors, to tell them what she thinks of their latest books. And to one person to whom she writes often — yet never sends the letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt seventy-three, Sybil has used her correspondence — witty and wise, sharp and tender — to make sense of the world. But beyond the page, she has spent the last thirty years keeping the people who love her at arm's length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUntil letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life. To begin to fix her difficult relationships with her children. To take a final chance at romance. To atone for an old legal case that has come back to haunt her. And finally, to reckon with a devastating loss she has spent thirty years holding close to her chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This novel is a cause for celebration.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Ann Patchett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I was delighted and moved… Masterful.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Clare Chambers, author of \u003cem\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A warm, funny gem of a novel.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Books of 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Tremendous.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Fredrik Backman, author of \u003cem\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirginia Evans grew up in Pittsburgh, earned an MFA from Spalding University, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and three children. \u003cem\u003eThe Correspondent\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel and has become an international word-of-mouth phenomenon — a #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick, and one of \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Books of 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Joseph (Penguin)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51682863186136,"sku":"9780241721261","price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/the-correspondent.jpg?v=1778712686","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/the-correspondent","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}