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The narrators of this novel brought it to life in a way that reading it would not have done. Wonderfully written book and absolutely fantastic narration!

I had been “avoiding” this book for a year now. I imagined reading/listening to one person write letters would be rather dull – how wrong I was. It is a tapestry of depth, the connections with the people around the correspondent. There are times she is prickly and self serving, arrogant but then there is..

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It was a ok, good idea, execution ok, could have been a short story. Narration was ok. Character development was missing. Give it a c-.

I don’t understand why authors need to insert their political opinions into a fictional story meant for entertainment. It didn’t help to build the character or storyline and was completely unnecessary. The only thing it accomplished was loosing a reader and any future revenue because I will not buy any more of her books.

I got really bored with the constant repetition of the addresses and email addresses. I would have enjoyed the boom more in a print format where I would have skipped over those%.

I so enjoyed this book. The performance was perfect! It was a book I will remember.

Just like others, I couldn’t understand how a book of correspondence would even be interesting. But I was hooked from the first letter.

Loved the book! Touching and heartwarming—it makes you wish you could be one of her pen pals.

The narrators were all phenomenal. Having multiple narratives with this story really added a deeper element for me. I could almost visualize Sybil in my mind by listening to the narrator’s voice. It’s a beautiful story or prose, grief, atonement and forgiveness. I loved it.

I loved the letter format to tell Sybil’s story. I could hardly stop listening…it was addictive!