The Correspondent: A Novel Simmer disappears off the coast of

disappears off the coast of South Carolina

Loyalty can save a soul—or destroy one

little more than a footnote in history

policy papers

The Family Upstairs

The Correspondent: A Novel Simmer disappears off the coast ofSubtly 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,