Author event with Virginia Evans

Parnassus Books is thrilled to present an evening with Virginia Evans, in conversation with Ann Patchett, to celebrate the new deluxe hardcover edition of The Correspondent.

This ticketed event will take place at Parnassus Books (3900 Hilllsboro Pike, Suite 14, Nashville, TN 37215) on Monday, May11th, at 6:30 PM.

Tickets:

$38.50 - includes one general admission seat and one signed copy of The Correspondent, Deluxe Edition. All books will be pre-signed.

There will be a signing line for personalizations following the event.

Parking:

There is ample free parking in front of the store, as well as in the lot and garage behind the store.

About the book:

This deluxe hardcover edition of the year's breakout novel, The Correspondent, features:

- Printed case wrap with textured debossing
- Deckled edges
- Full-color designed endpapers
- Bookmark ribbon
- Exclusive letter from author

"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

"Dear Ms. Van Antwerp,

There is a movie coming out this month and I saw the trailer and it made me think of you. It's about an old woman who lives alone like a hermit. She is eccentric and rude...."

Sybil Van Antwerp is a mother and grandmother, divorced, retired from a distinguished career in law, an avid gardener, and a writer of letters. 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.

Because at seventy-three, Sybil has used her letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. But as Sybil expects her life to go on as it always has, letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life.

Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, The Correspondent is a gem of a novel that is a testament to the power of the written word.

About the author:

Virginia Evans is from the east coast of the United States. She attended James Madison University for her bachelor's in English literature, as well as Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, for her master's of philosophy in creative writing. Now she lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with her husband, two children, and her Red Labrador, Brigid.

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