Books by Ann Patchett
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review 1: As a expression of personality, this breezy, how-I-did-it reflection on achieving writerly success was unbecoming. Ms Patchett is spunky and wants us to admire her, but that's hard to do when she displays such evident condescension toward some of the ordinary devotees who attend...
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review 1: I have a love/hate relationship with Ann Patchett's work. She's a gifted writer, but the two novels of hers I've read ( Bel Canto & State of Wonder) I did not much like. Technically well written, evocative descriptions, but silly plot lines and characters that didn't come across ...
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review 1: I know that not everyone loved this book, but I found it to be thought provoking and terribly fascinating. Some have complained that it is unrealistic and strange. That is probably true. However, I didn't have any trouble suspending my disbelief because the characters portrayed w...