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The story of Rose, a habitual abandoner, who finds herself in a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s. The story is about the place almost as much as the people--a place where people come for a brief, but life-altering, time and then move on. It is also the story of the people who stay there--Rose, with all her secrets, her daughter, the nuns and the groundskeeper. I loved the story of the place and I thought the writing was quite good. It held my interest and there were a few really lovely moment...
I have mixed feelings about this particular Patchett novel. I didn't want to put it down but I wasn't happy when I finished.I was totally sucked in by the story's opening but then the tone changed and the character depth faded a bit. The turmoil the main character feels is never discussed once she finds her way to St. Elizabeth's, yet it drives the remainder of the novel. Just as the story picks up steam again, it's over. Given the story line and the characters I thought the story could have bee...
Oh, Ann, this was really sub-par. I was initially interested in the set-up, but your lack of deeper exploration into the implications of it made me bored and disappointed. This book contains a potentially great premise (life for pregnant women in a home for unwed mothers, and life for a family who works there), and in my opinion completely falls flat. The book contains selfish characters whose reasons for being so are woefully unexplored. Main question: WHY does Rose always feel the need to leav...
I just read this entire book in one sitting. The title is what caught my eye, such a wonderful title. It is beautifully written, and reminded me of the trance that Alice Hoffman books put the reader into, even though this book did not have the mystical, magical imagery that Hoffman infuses her books with. This is a story of Rose, a young woman that marries twice to men that she does not really love, and though she spends her life helping others, never really finds the unknown thing that she is s...
ON SALE TODAY FOR $2.99.... get it if you like darkish, quirky characters where lies (obviously, as in the title) play their own role.It's been forever since I read this, so forgive the short shrift. The story is set primarily at a home for unwed mothers out in the countryside. Nuns run the show with the help of a groundskeeper and others who are as important to the story as the girls who spend several emotional months here, delivering life and then leaving.Hiding pregnancy and hiding paternity
The Patron Saint of Liars is Ann Patchett's debut novel. It is a novel about people, an intriguing places and full of secrets and lies. This well written novel is told through the eyes of three characters. Firstly, Rose who is an expert at leaving, even through she is with you, Son (Wilson), the handyman who marries Rose and Cecilia the daughter. I enjoyed this story but did not become engaged or understand Rose and her actions. Maybe the author wanted Rose to remain mysterious to the reader."He...
First half of this book was good, I got pulled In, then the second half fizzled, stalled and left this reader unfulfilled and disappointed at the end. The premise of a disenchanted young woman, Rose who lives in California. She is unhappy, disenchanted with her husband, her life. She feels freedom when she is alone and driving. One day she decides she’s just going to drive and drive she does. She does not tell her husband she’s leaving or where she’s going - leaving him to wonder for years (!) w...
I stopped after about 50 pages ... it is very well written but the characters and the story were of no interest to me ... many people, including my wife, loved it
Ann Patchett’s debut novel, The Patron Saint of Liars, is a beautifully written story about people, secrets, and lies. The book’s title intrigued me; “Patron Saint of Liars” – a conflict between virtue and dishonesty. Patchett’s writing is quiet and compelling as she shares the story of Rose Clinton, and how her lies affected her life and the lives of those around her. After three years of marriage, Rose Clinton finds herself pregnant. Unsatisfied with her life, and questioning her love for her
It’s fair to say…. ….I like Ann Patchett….I’ve read….Bel Canto, The Dutch House, Commonwealth, State of Wonder, This is A Story of a Happy Marriage, Truth and Beauty, The Magician’s Assistant, Run, Taft, These Precious Days, and …..now“The Patron Saint of Liars”, (debut - first published in 1992)It’s also fair to say…. ….I wasn’t expecting “The Patron Saint of Liars” to be more than average - I wasn’t expecting to be fully absorbed….But wrong….THIS IS A VERY ENGAGING- *TOUCHING*, thought-provoki...
The Patron Saint of Liars is a story about a young woman who leaves her life to head to St. Elizabeth's, a home for unwed mothers on the other side of the country. The story is told in three parts, in chronological order: first by Rose, the young woman, then by Son, the groundskeeper at St. Elizabeth's, and finally, by Rose's daughter, Cecilia. I enjoyed Rose's portion the most, although the likability of her character waned for me as the story progressed. Her portion was engaging and got me hoo...
I hate books like this. Ones that start out so promising, and then crap out halfway through. Like they get lost in the swirl of it all and then just flush themselves down the toilet in despair. At it's most basic, The Patron Saint of Liars is about leaving. The blurb on the back cover of the novel is misleading. It makes it seem like Rose is the main character, when in fact, we lose touch with her halfway through, when she becomes a shadow of the character we've been reading about for 165 pages....
