Correspondent and someone who felt an

and someone who felt an obligation to do the right thing--not depend on other people to do it

She begs to accompany her father on his occasional trips away from the cabin

and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive

fall in love--and find a world of trouble

Correspondent and someone who felt an"Subtly told and finely made, The Correspondent is a portrait of a small life expanding. Virginia Evans shows how one woman changes at a point when change had seemed impossible. That change, like this novel, turns out to be a cause for celebration." Ann Patchett NATIONAL BESTSELLER LIBRARYREADS APRIL PICK NAMED A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING (UK) MOST ANTICIPATED DEBUT "Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are