Sybil Van Antwerp has been writing letters all her life, so it seems only natural that a novel where she is the main character is written in letters to and from her. Sybil is 77 years old, divorced, mother of three but one son died. She was adopted when she was a year old, is going blind, lives alone, has two elderly men pursuing her and is very set in her ways.

This epistolary novel is fun, engaging, charming and delightful. It is an easy, quick read with a dynamic, complex, sympathetic main character. The Correspondent is a “woman’s novel,” and women over sixty will be able to relate to Sybil.