Ann Patchett Juggles Writing and Bookselling

The Book Case

PATCHETT PUBLISHES!! That should be big news in the literary world. Ann Patchett has a new book out as of August 1st. Tom Lake is the title - a novel influenced by COVID as three daughters come home to be with their mother during the pandemic. What do they want to talk about? Her past. And she has a past - having had a romance with a man who went on to become a famous actor. How much do you tell your kids? “I want them to think I was better than I was, and I want to tell them the truth…those two desires do not neatly co-exist.” Ann Patchett is a wonderful writer - one of America’s best! She’s also a wonderful and amusing talker! And she owns an independent bookstore - Parnassus Books in Nashville. That makes her a perfect guest, we think, for The Book Case.

Books mentioned in the podcast:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Run by Ann Patchett

Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett

The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir about Writing and Life by Ann Patchett

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Absolution by Alice McDermott

Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch

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