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Commonwealth is the seventh novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in 2016. The novel begins with an illicit kiss that leads to an affair that destroys two marriages and creates a reluctantly blended family.
COMMONWEALTH by ANN PATCHETT is a literary fiction novel to cherish for its many different interwoven and blended stories of love, destiny, loyalty, loss, secrets, disappointments, betrayal, and mistakes creating a family bonded together by a common understanding of each other.
“Indeed, this is Patchett’s most autobiographical novel, a sharply funny, chilling, entrancing, and profoundly affecting look into one family’s “commonwealth,” its shared affinities, conflicts, loss, and love.”
Told with equal measures humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories, a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us to one another.
A chance encounter between two families at a christening party sets off a chain of events that spans five decades, exploring themes of love, guilt, and the power of storytelling. Spanning five decades, Patchett’s novel reveals the bonds that will forever hold families together.
Ann Patchett explores the awkwardness, pain and grace of involuntary companionship — this time drawing on her own experience — in “Commonwealth.” Heidi Ross. By Jennifer Senior. Sept. 7, 2016....
Commonwealth. “Exquisite. . . Commonwealth is impossible to put down.”. — New York Times. The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the...
ebook. ratings. (257) by Ann Patchett. #1 New York Times Bestseller. The acclaimed, bestselling author-winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize-tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives.
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett The acclaimed, bestselling author --- winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize --- tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives.
In Ann Patchett's new novel Commonwealth, a christening party takes a turn when one guest arrives with a bottle of gin. The gin leads to a wonderfully sloppy afternoon...