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Books by Ann Patchett mentioned on podcasts
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Commonwealth
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett is a sweeping novel that explores the complex dynamics of two intertwined families over several decades following an unexpected kiss at a christening party.
Discussed“Even in my first book, Wallace is named people thought it was like Wallace Stegner, but it was in fact Wallace named after a character in Anne Patchet's Commonwealth.”
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Tom Lake
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is a contemporary novel that follows a mother recounting her past romance with a famous actor to her daughters while the family isolates together on a Michigan cherry farm during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussed“I'm thinking of Tom Lake, her last book as well. Loved Tom Lake.”
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Truth & Beauty
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett is a deeply moving memoir published in 2004 that chronicles the complex, enduring friendship between the author and the late poet Lucy Grealy.
Discussed“that she's also the subject of another Memoir that we we considered and that people really love and patchet truth and Beauty which is about her friendship with gy”
Speaker The Book Review The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone 2024-07-18 Listen at 46:32Where to get it
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Whistler
Whistler by Ann Patchett is a poignant novel that follows a fifty-something English teacher whose life intersects with her former stepfather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Recommended“I'm going to start however with a book that we've only mentioned once or twice. A book called Whistler, thank you, by Ann Patchett.”
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Bel Canto
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett is a critically acclaimed, high-drama novel known for its sophisticated premise and emotional resonance.
Discussed“Like she started with these very high concept or maybe not high concept but high drama books like um Bel Canto.”
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The Dutch House
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett is an immersive, decades-spanning family saga that traces the complex bond between a brother and sister locked out of their childhood home.
Recommended“okay the first one is the Dutch house by Anne patchet and it is I would describe it as a modernday fairy tale”
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These Precious Days
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett is a luminous collection of essays that explores friendship, family, mortality, and the creative life with deep grace and warmth.
Discussed“your previous book a collection of essays was called these precious days”
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State of wonder
Discussed“Bel Canto and State of Wonder. And now she is in a phase in which the stories are very personal or delicate.”
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The Peanuts Papers
Discussed“it is called the peanuts papers writers and cartoonists on Charlie Brown Snoopy and the Gang and the meaning of life”
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