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The Correspondent: a great read to cheer your soul

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Julia Tomiak / 0 Comment

Here's why my book club and I adored The Correspondent, an epistolary novel by Virginia Evans. #literaryfiction

Books and Potato Peels?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Julia Tomiak / 2 Comments

Ever heard of an epistolary novel?  Hint:  epistolary comes from the Latin word epistola, which means letter.  That’s why we call Paul’s letters in the New Test...

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