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Aug 1, 2023 · Transcript. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett on her latest novel Tom Lake, which tackles family, maternal love and the secrets a mother may choose not to share with her ...
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Jul 31, 2023 · The cemetery, crowded but lonely, gives off echoes of her unconventional ménage, and Patchett fashions it into a figure for family itself: a plot in which you’re trapped with...
Sep 6, 2016 · Aside from the allusions to author's life (like Franny, Patchett is the daughter of an L.A. policeman and was raised in a blended family), the larger issue of who owns the past also recalls a more ...
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Ordinary family life provides all the tension and attraction in Ann Patchett's new book. The story of two families and a fateful party that upends both, it draws on Patchett's own life experiences.
The main character, a mother of three adult daughters, tells her children the story of her own youthful romance with a man who is now a famous movie star. The story is told over long days picking ...
932576291. Commonwealth is the seventh novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in 2016. The novel begins with an illicit kiss that leads to an affair that destroys two marriages and creates a reluctantly blended family.
Nov 23, 2021 · A Conversation with Ann Patchett. “You might not see how everything threads together as you read along, but when you look back from the end of the story, the map becomes clear.” —Ann Patchett, from These Precious Days. In Ann Patchett’s most recent essay collection, These Previous Days, her attention to memory invites readers to explore ...
