Dea ___
Sybil frequently writes to this person, her best friend.
Who is Rosalie?
Sybil begins losing this sense, dramatically changing how she experiences the world.
What is eyesight/vision?
Rather than texting or using social media, Sybil prefers communicating this way.
What is writing letters?
Sybil eventually reveals that she once worked in this profession.
What is law / What is a lawyer?
This person is Sybil’s brother.
Who is Felix?
Sybil exchanges regular letters with this young math prodigy, the son of a former colleague.
Who is Harry Landy?
Felix encourages Sybil to use this service to learn more about her biological family.
What is the Kindred Project?
Sybil is this age when the novel begins.
What is 73?
We eventually learn that the mysterious “Colt,” recipient of Sybil’s unsent letters, is actually this person.
Who is Gilbert, her son who died as a child?
This neighbor becomes an increasingly important companion to Sybil.
Who is Theodore Lübeck?
Sybil writes to this famous author, whom she met through a support group for parents who had lost children.
Who is Joan Didion?
Harry unexpectedly arrives at Sybil’s home after doing this.
What is running away from home?
Before retiring, Sybil spent much of her career working closely with this judge.
Who is Judge Guy Donnelly?
The threatening letters signed “DM” are eventually revealed to have been written by this man.
Who is Dezi Martinelli?
This persistent retired attorney courts Sybil after reconnecting with her at Judge Donnelly’s memorial.
Who is Mick Watts?
Sybil writes to this neighbor to thank him for sending her white roses for her birthday.
Who is Theodore Lubeck?
On the family trip when Gilbert died, what country were Sybil and her family visiting?
What is Canada?
Sybil graduated at the top of her law-school class from this university.
What is the University of Virginia?
A 49% DNA match leads Sybil to discover that this woman is her half-sister.
Who is Hattie (Henrietta) Gleason?
This Syrian refugee works for the Kindred Project and develops an unexpected friendship with Sybil.
Who is Basam Mansour?
Sybil’s letters to this person remain unsent for years, allowing her to say what she cannot bring herself to say directly.
Who is Gilbert/Colt
After Gilbert called for Sybil to watch him, what did she tell him to do without realizing where he was?
A DNA test eventually reveals that Sybil’s biological father belonged to this Indigenous nation.
What is the Crow Nation?
In the unfinished letter revealed at the end of the novel, Sybil had been trying to confess the truth about Gilbert to this person.
Who is Daan?
After Gilbert’s death, Sybil returned to work and became involved in the case of this man, whose story comes back into her life decades later.
Who is Enzo Martinelli?