Letters from Sybil

Sybil van Antwerp, a single woman in her seventies, has had a difficult family life and an extraordinary legal career. She has always used letters to better understand the world and her place in it. Smart, Hard, pedantic and emotionally wounded Sybil in her regular correspondence with her family, friends, favourite writers and complete strangers, he indirectly reveals bits and pieces of his professional past, complicated family problems, the fear of infirmity in old age and the compulsive need to know, who we are and where we belong.

But now her love of writing is in danger of being taken away by a worsening vision impairment. Moreover, when an old correspondence forces her to reopen one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that a letter she has been writing for years must finally be sent. And above all, to find in your heart the strength to forgive.

Letters from Sybil is a unique portrait of a seemingly unassuming woman and a sincere celebration of life in its entirety.

The novel has been translated into 40 languages and has sold over a million copies.
The New York Times bestseller