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The Dutch House is a 2019 novel by Ann Patchett. It was published by Harper on September 24, 2019. It tells the story of a brother and sister, Danny and Maeve Conroy, who grow up in a mansion known as the Dutch House, and their lives over five decades. The novel was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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- Ann Patchett
- September 24, 2019
- Harper
Apr 1, 2020 · The Dutch House. by Ann Patchett. reviewed by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy. In her eighth novel, Patchett revisits the concerns of previous works, including Commonwealth (the shifting plates of family life after divorce; the bonds among siblings; the process of forgiveness) and Run (the absent mother, the creation of family).
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Sep 23, 2019 · Ann Patchett's 'The Dutch House,' Reviewed Patchett's new novel is a story of paradise lost, dusted with fairy tale. It follows two siblings who bond after their mother leaves the...
Oct 13, 2019 · Synopsis. In The Dutch House, Maeve and Danny are siblings who grow up in a grand house in Elkins Park. The house is nicknamed The Dutch House, after the wealthy Dutch family that once inhabited it. Maeve and Danny's mother abandoned their family when they were young, so they are raised by their father and the household help instead.
By Martha Southgate. Sept. 24, 2019. THE DUTCH HOUSE. By Ann Patchett. It takes guts to write a fairy tale these days. No P.R. blurb is complete without the descriptors “searing,” “probing...
Sep 24, 2019 · THE DUTCH HOUSE. by Ann Patchett ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 24, 2019. Like the many-windowed mansion at its center, this richly furnished novel gives brilliantly clear views into the lives it...
The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are. Filled with suspense, you may read it quickly to find out what happens, but what happens to Danny and Maeve will stay with you for a very long time.
