Ann Patchett Illuminates Family, Memory and Being Known
Ann Patchett's luminous story explores family, memory and love through an unexpected New York reunion. Literary readers will be drawn to the emotional intelligence, graceful restraint and quiet drama of being known by another person.
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Ann Patchett Illuminates Family, Memory and Being Known
Ann Patchett's luminous story explores family, memory and love through an unexpected New York reunion. Literary readers will be drawn to the emotional intelligence, graceful restraint and quiet drama of being known by another person.
- Book Synopsis
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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE DUTCH HOUSE AND TOM LAKE
'One of the most beloved authors of her generation' SUNDAY TIMES
When Daphne notices an older gentleman following her around the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, she doesn’t expect it to be Eddie – her former stepfather.
Married to her mother for a short time when Daphne was nine, she hasn’t seen Eddie for many years; not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives.
Meeting again now, Daphne and Eddie feel that time has fallen away. Their earlier relationship was brief but had a profound impact on both of them. Together, they consider not only their past, but the joys of the present and their commitment to face the future together.
A moving, luminous story about how family, memory and love endures, Whistler paints an intimate portrait of how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.
Ideal for readers who:
- Read Ann Patchett for quiet emotional intelligence and luminous family stories.
- Want a New York museum reunion that reopens a brief but formative stepfamily bond.
- Enjoy fiction about memory, being known and the relationships that alter a life.
- Appreciate graceful, intimate stories where small meetings carry lifelong weight.
- About The Author
- Ann Patchett is the author of eight novels and three works of non-fiction. Her most recent novel The Dutch House was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize. In 2002 she won the Orange Prize for Fiction with Bel Canto, a prize she has also twice been shortlisted for with The Magician's Assistant in 1998 and State of Wonder in 2012. She is also the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781037206498
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury, (02 June 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
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