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THE DUTCH HOUSE - ANN PATCHETT (HÖRBUCH)

Audiobook performed by Tom Hanks. A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! From the New
York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder  comes Ann Patchett's most
powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two
siblings  the house of their childhood  and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House
is the story of a paradise lost  a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance
love and forgiveness  of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are. At the end of
the Second World War  Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an
enormous real estate empire  propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first
order of business is to buy the Dutch House  a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of
Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife  the house sets in motion the undoing of
everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril's son Danny  as he and his older sister  the
brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve  are exiled from the house where they grew up by
their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had
escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable
bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures. Set over the course of
five decades  The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome
their past. Despite every outward sign of success  Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable
when they're together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what
they've lost with humor and rage. But when at last they're forced to confront the people who
left them behind  the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister
is finally tested.

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