About this episode

Joan Baum reviews the novel 'The Correspondent', which features an older woman writing letters as her eyesight declines.

An older woman learns that her eyesight is waning. That prompts her to start writing letters while she still can. Lots of letters. And these letters make up the novel that’s a sleeper hit this year. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum reviews The Correspondent.

People in this episode

Host: Joan Baum

Topics covered

• book review
• literature
• aging
• writing
• letters

Keywords

• book review
• The Correspondent
• Joan Baum
• letters
• novel
• literature
• aging

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Books & works: The Correspondent

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