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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.
- 352
- Ann Patchett
- September 24, 2019
- Harper
Apr 1, 2020 · 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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Edith Frank (née Holländer; 16 January 1900 – 6 January 1945) was the mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank and her older sister Margot. After the family were discovered in hiding in Amsterdam during the German occupation, she was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
“The Dutch House” is a sibling story — that of Maeve and Danny Conroy, a brother and sister growing up comfortable in Elkins Park, Pa., in a house known throughout the community (and by the...
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 family home...
Philosophy of life, Edith Frank Edith Frank was professedly Jewish. She regularly attended synagogue and read religious books. Subject. Gebedenboek van Edith Frank. Fotograaf: Allard Bovenberg. Collectie: Anne Frank Stichting. Copyright: AFS rechthebbende. Edith Frank attended the evangelical Viktoriaschule in Aachen, where education in the ...
Sep 25, 2019 · The Dutch House by Ann Patchett review – an irresistible modern fairytale. Both mythic and naturalistic, Patchett’s story of children expelled from the mansion of their childhood by an evil...