books by Ann Patchett
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Ann Patchett
Taft: A Novel (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial
, 2007
Giving and Getting
This story effortlessly unfolds, patiently, without pretension: young Fay, yearning for her father, falls in love with Nickel, a middle-age man yearning for his son. The more Fay asks of Nickel, the more Nickel is drawn into the destructive elements of Fay's family, ...
The Best American Short Stories 2006 (The Best American Series)
Houghton Mifflin
, 2006
School Book
Needed this for a literature course. Had great stories in it. Great condition. Great book!
The Patron Saint of Liars: A Novel (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial
, 2007
Fast Read
Good book...bought it for book group...have to say I probably wouldn't have looked at it otherwise as I usually read suspense novels. This was good, but predictable. Reminded me a little of Peyton Place for some odd reason.
The Magician's Assistant
Ann Patchett
Harvest Books
, 1998
Great Rabbit
There are such a lot of excellent reviews of this excellent book here that I feel intimidated and will concentrate on the minor characters. There are sharp observations about neuroradiologists and rabbits. It's unusual to see much of the psychology of the domestic ...
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
Fourth Estate
, 2002
Beautiful Book
This book is about a hostage situation in a third world country. Random but important guests are held at the vice president's house by terrorists. The author manages to put so much beauty into this seemingly horrifying scenario. The reader can not help but feel ...
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial
, 2005
No Ordinary Friendship
Readers will likely recognize the author's name from her previous novels, including Bel Canto, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, and The Patron Saint of Liars, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Readers also may recognize Ann Patchett from her articles that ...
Animal Farm: Centennial Edition
George Orwell
Plume
, 2003
Animal Farm....Your typical Happily Ever After?
Animal Farm begins as a tale of triumph over the human race for animals. Yet as it continues you realize the humans never really left. The pigs take over and become the one thing they swore they hated. The worst part is the other animals don't do anything about it and ...
Bel Canto (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial
, 2005
Amazing
This book was so amazing. What started out as a thriller with the terrorists taking people hostage, turned into a love story and a relationship between the terrorists and the hostages that you would never expect. The grim situation turns into a beautiful event, and the ...
Run
Ann Patchett
Harper
, 2007
typical Ann Patchett
The former mayor and father of three (1 natural and 2 adoptive) Bernard Doyle is the protagonist is Ann Patchett's bargain priced novel Run. I won't say I'm the biggest Ann Patchett fan and during the course of reading Run I felt like the tome would last an eon or so, ...
What now?
Ann Patchett
Harper
, 2008
A Book for Grads and the Rest of Us
For some reason, I kept seeing What Now? by Ann Patchett; I saw it at Barnes and Noble, I saw the book on the page at Amazon where my book is sold ("customers who have bought this book have also bought...,") and so I read it. Turns out, Patchett's alma mater was ...
The Best American Series 2006 - Silver Gift Box (The Best American)
Houghton Mifflin
, 2006
The set, boxed in a lavish silver metallic, features The Best American Travel Writing 2006, edited by Tim Cahill; The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006, introduced by Peter J. Gomes; and, like the first set, The Best American Short Stories 2006, edited by Ann Patchett.
the Magician's Assistant unabridged on CDs, original shrinkwrap
Ann Patchett
Harper Audio
, 2008
When the handsome and charming magician, Pasifal, dies suddenly his wodow finds that the family he said died 20 years ago is very much alive.
What Now? CD
HarperAudio
, 2008
A Book for Grads and the Rest of Us
For some reason, I kept seeing What Now? by Ann Patchett; I saw it at Barnes and Noble, I saw the book on the page at Amazon where my book is sold ("customers who have bought this book have also bought...,") and so I read it. Turns out, Patchett's alma mater was ...
Regarding Emma: Photographs of American Women and Girls
Melissa Ann Pinney
, Ann Patchett
Center for American Places
, 2003
Fantastic Work of Art
Pinney's photographs are breathtaking and moving- the superb composition, color and lighting engage the viewer and suck them into the familiar scenes that document the lives, rituals and relationships of females. Some of the photos were taken in the early 80's and ...
Bel Canto (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
, 2008
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire ...
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