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These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
$22.99 AUD
Category: General
'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death' Guardian 'A pitch-perfect collection ... She can turn a sentence like no one else: her writing is clear, honest, witty, and just full of unsentimental humanity' Nigella Lawson 'Profound ...Show more
These Precious Days (H/B) by Ann Patchett
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
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. Patc ...Show more
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: General Adult
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is wide-ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom. Stretching from her tumultuous childhood, to the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, from a disastrous marriage to a happy one, from the joy of selling her first book ...Show more
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
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 ...Show more
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
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 Lar ...Show more
Tom Lake (HB) by Ann Patchett
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature' Guardian 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 b ...Show more
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
$24.99 AUD
Category: General
Bestselling author and Orange Prize winner Ann Patchett's first work of non-fiction is a searing, emotionally wrenching account of her long friendship with the critically acclaimed, and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy. 'It is remarkable for me to remember now that I thought it would be possible t ...Show more