Review:
Praise for Commonwealth
-Patchett brings humanity, humor, and a disarming affection to lovable, struggling characters... Irresistible.---Library Journal
-Exquisite... Commonwealth is impossible to put down.---New York Times
-(A) rich and engrossing new novel ...---New York Times Book Review
-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.---Booklist
-...a funny, sad, and ultimately heart-wrenching family portrait...Patchett elegantly manages a varied cast of characters...[Patchett is] at her peak in humor, humanity, and understanding people in challenging situations.---Publishers Weekly (starred review)
-The prose is lean and inviting...A satisfying meat-and-potatoes domestic novel from one of our finest writers.---Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
-Wonderfully executed...---Marie Claire
-Commonwealth is a smart, thoughtful novel about the ties that bind us.---Pop Sugar
-Commonwealth is an all-American family saga, but her touching and even-handed approach to themes such as family politics, love, the role of literature and the acidic nature of lies is buoyed by a generous sprinkling of matter-of-fact humor---BookPage
-Commonwealth bursts with keen insights into faithfulness, memory and mortality... [An] ambitious American epic...---Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From the Author:
Ann Patchett is the author of six novels and three books of nonfiction. She has won many prizes, including Britain's Orange Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Prize, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the co-owner of Parnassus Books.
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