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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK READ BY MERYL STREEP “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.”—The Guardian In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of...

Audiobook performed by Tom Hanks Pulitzer Prize Finalist | New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O...

It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host’s wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story.

Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson's work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report on her progress, especially to her investors, whose patience is fast running out. Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to investigate. A curt letter reporting his untimely death is all that returns. Now Marina Singh, Anders' colleague and once a student of the mighty Dr Swenson, is their last hope.

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award Winner of the Orange Prize National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century "Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book." —Washington Post Book World New York Times bestselling...

From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto, Ann Patchett, comes a hilarious children’s audiobook about a scapegoat who escapes blame just in time, read by the author! The Farmer family has a big problem! Every day their goat escapes, and every day, Mr. Farmer brings him back. So...

The acclaimed best-selling author of Bel Canto and Truth & Beauty discusses her 2016 novel, Commonwealth. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, the book tells the enthralling and tender story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. In conversation with Emma Straub ( Modern Lovers). An excerpt from the novel will be performed by Alan Alda.

The acclaimed best-selling author returns to Symphony Space to discuss her latest novel. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth tells the enthralling and tender story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. In conversation with Emma Straub ( Modern Lovers). An excerpt from the novel will be performed by Alan Alda.

A New York Times Notable Book “As resonant as a blues song. . . . Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.”—New York Times Book Review An ex-jazz drummer wants nothing more than to be a good father in this moving family novel by the New York Times best-selling author of The...

The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s...

From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself.” (Newsweek) When Parsifal, a handsome and...

"The best graduation present on the market.... A wise, generous and compact primer for life that could well become a touchstone, readers will return to this book, and probably find something new each time they do; deserves to be given often and enthusiastically." --Publishers Weekly Based on her...

A beautifully designed edition of number-one New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s prized classic, annotated and with an introductionby the author herself. 'A book that works both as a paean to art and beauty and a subtly sly comedy of manners' New York Times First published in 2001...

Wie findet man das Glück, das ein Leben lang hält. Es ist Frühling im nördlichen Michigan. Laras drei erwachsene Töchter kehren auf die elterliche Obstfarm zurück. Bei der Kirschernte bitten sie ihre Mutter, ihnen die Geschichte von Peter Duke zu erzählen, dem weltberühmten Schauspieler, mit dem sie vor Jahren in einer Theatergruppe namens Tom Lake gemeinsam auftrat – und mit dem sie eine stürmische Liebesgeschichte erlebte.

Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle. A student at Harvard, Tip is happiest in a lab, whilst Teddy thinks he has found his calling in the Church, and both are increasingly strained by their father's protective plans for them. But when they are involved in an accident on an icy road, the Doyles are forced to confront certain truths about their lives, how the death of Doyle's wife Bernadette has affected the family, and an anonymous figure who is always watching.

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department and more.

The Pulitzer Prize winning modern classic of two Cuban musician brothers during the mambo-filled nights of 50's New York from literary trailblazer, Oscar Hijuelos. It's 1949 and two young Cuban musicians make their way from Havana to the grand stage of New York City. It is the era of mambo, and...

Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, graças à conjugação de sorte e um investimento fortuito, Cyril Conroy entra no ramo imobiliário, criando um negócio que logo se tornará um império e levará sua família da pobreza a uma vida de opulência. Uma de suas primeiras aquisições é a Casa Holandesa, uma extravagante propriedade no subúrbio da Filadélfia. Mas o que seria apenas uma adorável surpresa para a esposa, acaba desencadeando o esfacelamento de toda a estrutura familiar.

From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, comes a hilarious children’s story about a slide made just for lambs. Nicolette Farmer is running for class president, and the rest of the Farmer family tells her she’ll win by a landslide. A pack of...