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Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), [ 3 ] Taft (1994), [ 4 ] The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), [ 5 ] State of ...
Lucy Grealy. Lucinda Margaret Grealy (June 3, 1963 – December 18, 2002) was an Irish-American poet and memoirist who wrote Autobiography of a Face in 1994. This critically acclaimed book describes her childhood and early adolescent experience with cancer of the jaw, which left her with some facial disfigurement.
The Patron Saint of Liars is a 1998 drama television film based on the novel of the same name by Ann Patchett.It tells the story of Rose Abbot, a young woman who abandons her life in California with her husband after finding out she is pregnant.
“I frantically called my publisher and said, ‘Can you pull this?’” the author said on NPR’s 'Wild Card with Rachel Martin' podcast on Nov. 7
Fleming with husband Tim Jessell. Fleming has been married twice. Fleming married actor Rick Ross in 1989, and the couple had two daughters. The couple divorced in 2000. [8] [111] On September 3, 2011, Fleming married tax lawyer Tim Jessell, whom she met on a blind date set up by author Ann Patchett. [112]
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Ann Patchett's ninth novel, 'Tom Lake,' distills the soul of her work and her life — her welcoming bookstore, her fear of distractions and her lack of regrets.
The Magician's Assistant is a novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in 1997 by Harcourt. The book was shortlisted for the 1998 Women's Prize for Fiction . The narrative follows a young woman named Sabine in the aftermath of her husband's death.