The Correspondent: A Novel Simmer Loyalty can save a soul—or

Loyalty can save a soul—or destroy one

ranging from wunderkinds in their 20s to icons in their 70s and 80s

disappears off the coast of South Carolina

Set in the dual timelines of 1967 and 1977

The Correspondent: A Novel Simmer Loyalty can save a soul—orSubtly 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 Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle, or, a better metaphor, if dated, the links of a long chain,