Ann Patchett Commonwealth Paperback Book

Next, dive into TOM LAKE the breathtaking new novel from Ann PatchettDazzling ... lifeaffirming and compulsively readable Sunday TimesPatchett blends wisdom and humanity jointly with the icy forensic gaze of someone not afraid to expose the frailties of human behaviour ... Read it Jojo MoyesAn outstanding novel ... a master of her art ObserverIt is 1964 Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keatings christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his hosts wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twentyfour, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story... | Ann Patchett Commonwealth Paperback Book