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BACK WITH UPDATE….(below Happy Thanksgiving)Forgive me while I cry…..“These Precious Days”, by Ann Patchett is.. *****THE MOST PRECIOUS BOOK of 2021*****Longer review to follow soon… or/ and … do not wait … grab this book and read it ASAP!HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all that celebrate 🍁🌿🍂MY UPDATE:It’s still early morning. I’m lying under my covers…it’s Thanksgiving Day.I keep thinking about Ann Patchett, and Sookie Raphael. EVERY reader will also continue thinking about Ann and Sookie ….and the ext...
I’ve been fortunate to have read several good short story and essay collections this year. These Precious Days is no exception and the best of those I’ve read in 2021 — All of the essays in this collection are at least good, almost all great. Ann Patchett is a brilliant writer. She is able to capture simple elements of being human and make them interesting, something I suspect all writers strive to do and something she excels at. “How other people live is pretty much all I think about. Curiosity...
I love Ann Patchett’s writing but ultimately, in this case, the book languished on my nightstand until I downloaded the audiobook. Listening to Ann read her own words was the perfect way to experience her essays.As with any collection, there were some essays I liked better than others, and I recommend reading (or listening) to one or two a day, not straight through. The one I found most interesting as a reader was “Cover Art”, on how covers are chosen and how much input is allowed an author. In
This is a varied and lovely collection of reflective essays written by Ann Patchett over the years. I think one of the things I’ll take away from this is what a wonderful, warm hearted and generous person she is. She’s kind, hospitable and a loyal and true friend - in fact, at the end of reading this I want her to befriend me!!!! The stand out story in my opinion is These Precious Days when after reading Tom Hank’s short stories, she gets to meets Tom and his assistant Sooki Raphael with whom sh...
Just wonderful. Patchett is such an amazing storyteller, whether it's fiction or sharing parts of her own life. So much is covered in these essays, essays of love, flying., father's and daughters, her writing, her decision to have or not have children, her bookstore, life,sickness and death. Sounds like a lot but she's such a natural writer, that is seamlessly flows. At books end my thought was, she is a good person, not full of herself despite her talent, a person I would love to meet.A good di...
I had to peek…It was stupid of me to open Goodreads at 4:30 a.m., but what can I say? I’m a GR addict! Just a quick glance, I told myself. But then I ran into Lisa’s great review of this essay by Ann Patchett. Wait. So Ann Patchett has written something new? I was all ears. Lisa warned that it was a long piece, and she warned that when you start reading, you won’t want to stop, so make sure you have enough time. I couldn’t stand it—I had to peek. Surely I could read a bit, then set it aside unti...
These Precious Days, Anne Patchett's memoir in essays, examines the importance of crucial relationships between family and friends, aging and death, and the writing life. Patchett, 58, the author of eight novels, four nonfiction books, and two children's books, opens the door to the world of her youth and invites us into her adult home and Parnassos, the indie bookstore she owns in Tennessee.Patchett is a novelist with an eye for detail and character. Her finely crafted essays bring her subjects...
5★ “Off we went to bed, the book and I, and in doing so put the chain of events into motion. The story has started without my realizing it. The first door opened and I walked through.But any story that starts will also end. This is the way novelists think: beginning, middle, and end.”Ann Patchett had chosen one of the many unsolicited books she receives from publishers, who are hoping for a quote for the book jacket. She didn’t hold out much hope for this one, Uncommon Type, because it was writt...