Online Viva Village Book Club - The Correspondent, a novel by Virginia Evans - via Zoom
Shared Event Hosted by Viva Village
When: Monthly on a Tuesday from 1:00 until 2:30 PM
Where: Online via Zoom
RSVP Required: RSVP for the Zoom link. Call 503-746-5082 or Email: [email protected]
This month's book is: The Correspondent. Winner of the 2026 PEN/Hemingway Award. "A lifetime’s worth of letters combine to portray a singular character. Sybil Van Antwerp, a cantankerous but exceedingly well-mannered septuagenarian, is the titular correspondent in Evans’ debut novel. Sybil has retired from a beloved job as chief clerk to a judge with whom she had previously been in private legal practice. She is a reader of novels, a gardener, and a keen observer of human nature. But the most distinguishing thing about Sybil is her lifelong practice of letter writing. As advancing vision problems threaten Sybil’s carefully constructed way of life—in which letters take the place of personal contact and engagement—she must reckon with unaddressed issues from her past that threaten the house of cards (letters, really) she has built around herself."
