![]() ![]() ![]() Patchett is truly embedded in the literary world, and These Precious Days provides a beautiful glimpse into this world. She also co-owns and runs a bookshop in her hometown of Nashville. She was even named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012 – a remarkable accolade. She has written eight novels, including the New York Times bestselling The Dutch House, Commonwealth, State of Wonder and her Orange Prize-winning novel Bel Canto. Ranging from the personal – her portrait of the three men she called fathers how a chance encounter with Tom Hanks led to one of the most important friendships of her life how to answer when someone asks why you don’t have children – to the sublime – the unexpected influence of Snoopy the importance of knitting the pleasure to be found in children’s books – each essay transforms the particular into the universal, letting us all see our own worlds anew.Īnn Patchett is a deservedly celebrated literary talent, whose fiction and non-fiction continues to inspire readers. Illuminating, penetrating, funny and generous, These Precious Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors. ![]()
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