Ann Patchett is the author of novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake, works of nonfiction, and children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women's Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.
"One of our greatest living chroniclers of love and marriage--and
its resounding impacts over generations--is back. . . . Expect
wonder; Patchett always delivers." -- Elle"Tom Lake is a book to be
savored--the once-in-a-blue-moon type." -- San Francisco
Chronicle"A swoony, luminous reminder about the endurance of love
and happiness in a broken world." -- Oprah Daily"A tender,
absorbing tale about becoming who we are." -- People"A searching
reflection on the relationships between theater and life, romance
and realism, Tom Lake is perhaps Patchett's finest novel yet." --
Boston Globe"Tom Lake is about romantic love, marital love and
maternal love, but also the love of animals, the love of stories,
love of the land and trees and the tiny, red, cordiform object that
is a cherry. . . . This generous writer hits the mark again with
her ninth novel." -- Washington Post"Wise. Beautiful. With an
elegant soft touch....Brilliant, of course." -- Good Morning
America"A quiet and reassuring book . . . highly conscious of . . .
[the] human failure to appreciate the little things." -- New York
Times"The perfect summer novel." -- The Atlantic"Tom Lake is about
love in all its many forms. But it is also about death and the
ephemeral and how everything goes by so damned fast. It is an elegy
of sorts but also a promise that there will be magic no matter
what." -- Los Angeles Review of Books"Patchett's intricate and
subtle thematic web...enfolds the nature of storytelling, the
evolving dynamics of a family, and the complex interaction between
destiny and choice....These braided strands culminate in a
denouement at once deeply sad and tenderly life-affirming. Poignant
and reflective, cementing Patchett's stature as one of our finest
novelists." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"As this spellbinding
and incisive novel unspools, Patchett brings every turn of mind and
every setting to glorious, vibrant life, gracefully contrasting the
dazzle of the ephemeral with the gravitas of the timeless,
perceiving in cherries sweet and tart reflections of love and
loss." -- Booklist (starred review)"Patchett is at the top of her
game." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Patchett is a writer
of enormous warmth." -- Wall Street Journal"A compelling narrative
about the secret lives of parents--and how to find happiness in the
midst of a long life." -- Time"[A] poignant novel from Ann
Patchett, caring as ever." -- Vanity Fair"Tom Lake...[takes] its
time to marvel over the quiet drama of ordinary living: a strong
marriage, a loving family, a place to gather at the end of the
day." -- Houston Chronicle"Tom Lake is a beautiful, stirring book
that sneaks up on you and makes a deep impression, partly because
you're left asking yourself: "What have I just read?" The moment I
finished it, I wanted to go back and start again." -- Sunday Times
(London)"Tom Lake is a warm, funny book about kind people who do
the best they can." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune"[Patchett] writes
with deep attention to our country's changing culture while never
taking her eye off narrative. Each book uses a traditional
storytelling structure -- lyrics, midrash, folk tales -- while
pushing at the edges of what a form can contain, cramming it with
modern human concerns, triumphs and tragedies." -- Los Angeles
Times"Who is better, more nuanced, or more surprising on matters of
love and family than Patchett?. . . . A heady voyage into the past,
with a delicately observed story that is also constantly shifting
the ground beneath our feet." -- Literary Hub"Subversively wise and
self-aware." -- New Yorker"Fans of The Dutch House and Commonwealth
will be more than satisfied with Ann Patchett's latest novelistic
exploration of love and family dynamics." -- Harper's
Bazaar"Patchett's prose is elegant, her wit abundant, her sense of
family dynamics and the complexities of love subtle and insightful.
Tom Lake is an enthralling story." -- Tampa Bay Times"Across her
oeuvre Patchett has proven herself a generous, meticulous mentor,
and Tom Lake is one of this year's triumphs." -- Chapter
16"Patchett, beloved bookseller and chronicler of people thrown
together in patched families and hostage situations, turns her
attention to love -- youthful, marital, fleeting, enduring." --
NPR"Meryl Streep...is ideal for narrating Tom Lake.... Streep
delivers with her signature whimsy, her cadence lilting from
wide-eyed innocence to winking wisdom, blurring the nostalgia for
small-town Americana with dashes of big-city dreams." -- New York
Times Book Review "Tom Lake is Ann Patchett's best novel." --
Hudson Review"With her latest novel, Patchett is unabashedly
Chekhovian.... If you're so inclined, Meryl Streep narrates the
audiobook, which allows you to savor every word as only a
consummate actor like Streep can deliver them." -- Broadway
Direct"Intelligent, poignant, ...absorbing....It channels great
literature...[and] showcases storytelling expertise." -- Washington
Examiner"Best of all in my reading experience this year was Ann
Patchett's Tom Lake....It's a beautiful, loving story. And its
echoes of Our Town are spot on." -- Daily Kos"Reading the book
feels, deliciously, like slipping into 'Our Town' and having a
conversation with it; it's both tribute to the play and a moving
story of its own." -- Seattle Times"Patchett is a consummate
storyteller whose fluid, naturalistic writing style makes reading
her novels an effortless journey....Tom Lake does not
disappoint."
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution"Ahh...Ann Patchett has a new read
and we couldn't be happier....It's cozy, and feel-good, and we
recommend reading with a bowl of cherries." -- The Skimm"This rich
and subtle tale is infused with insight into love, loss and the
power of making the right decisions." -- Woman & Home (UK)"Patchett
celebrates not just the smallest events of our lives, but "small"
lives themselves." -- Financial Times"A new Ann Patchett novel is
always cause for celebration... and Tom lake could be one of her
best." -- inews"Patchett masterfully weaves an evocative story of
love, hope, and familial bonds, offering a profound meditation on
finding happiness amid life's uncertainties." -- BookBub"[This]
quiet novel awakens gratitude for life's lessons." -- Christian
Science Monitor
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