EAN: 9781526640949

THESE PRECIOUS DAYS - ANN PATCHETT KARTONIERT (TB)

An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling  Women's
Prize-winning author of The Dutch House   'Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer 
Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life  however  often takes turns we
do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth as she explores family  friendship  marriage 
failure  success  and what it all means.  A literary alchemist  Patchett plumbs the depths of
her experiences to create gold: essays that are both self-portrait and landscape  each vibrant
with emotion and rich in insight.   Ranging from the personal - her portrait of the three men
she called her fathers  unexpectedly falling into a life-changing friendship with Tom Hanks 
how to answer when someone asks why you don't have children - to the sublime - exploring the
Harvard Museum of Natural History before its doors open  the unexpected influence of Snoopy 
the importance of knitting - each essay transforms the particular into the universal  letting
us all see our own worlds anew.   Illuminating  penetrating  funny and generous  These Precious
Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors.

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