Publication Date: May 2025
Blurb:
Throughout her life Sybil Van Antwerp has used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings around half past ten Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.
Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has. A mother, grandmother, wife, divorcée, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.
What To Expect:
Readers can expect an epistolary novel with themes of grief, guilt, connection, and forgiveness.
Content Warnings:
Language: Infrequent use of sh- (maybe 5-6). One instance of the f- word spelled out and noted to be an ugly term.
Sexual Content: Closed Door – There is a gay side character and infidelity is mentioned.
Violence: None
Substance Use: None
Prejudices: None
Religious Themes: None
Other Topics: Death of a child, cancer, suicide attempt
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