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Ein unvergessliches Buch über Liebe, Verlust, die Wunder der Freundschaft. Ann Patchett blickt zurück auf die letzten zehn Jahre ihres Lebens, auf ihre Beziehungen zu den Personen und Persönlichkeiten in dieser Zeit. Es geht um ihre Familie (zum Beispiel ihre diversen Väter), um ihren Mann, ihre Freundinnen und Freunde und um ihre Hunde. Es geht um Liebe und Glück, um Mut und Trauer und immer wieder um das Schreiben. Ihre freundliche Weltoffen...

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "The elegance of Patchett's prose is seductive and inviting: with Patchett as a guide, readers will really get to grips with the power of struggles, failures, and triumphs alike." ?Publisher's Weekly?Any story that starts will also end.? As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction wil...

Eine Villa zu besitzen - für Cyril steht das für ein besseres Leben. Doch als er von seinem hart erarbeiteten, ersten kleinen Vermögen das hinreißende Holländerhaus kauft, zerbricht seine Welt: Seine Frau erträgt den Luxus nicht und geht. Ein Schock für die beiden Kinder, und Tochter Maeve muss die Mutterrolle für ihren jüngeren Bruder Danny übernehmen. Die Geschwister werden unzertrennlich und sind eigentlich glücklich - bis Cyril wieder heir...

An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House 'Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and what it all means. A literary alchemist, Patchet...

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These Pr...

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In einem fernen südamerikanischen Land, im Palazzo des Vizepräsidenten, wird eine glamouröse Geburtstagsparty gefeiert. Roxanne Coss, die berühmte Sopranistin hält die internationalen Gäste mit ihrer Stimme in Bann. Plötzlich fallen Schüsse, und eine Bande von Terroristen nimmt die ganze Geburtstagsgesellschaft in Geiselhaft. Es gibt keinen Ausweg. Doch niemand ahnt, was die verzaubernde, einende Kraft der Musik in einer lebensbedrohlichen Sit...

The international bestselling writer Ann Patchett has been described as ?one of the foremost chroniclers of the burdens of emotional inventory and its central place in American lives' and ?a master of her art' (Observer). In her new collection, with her trademark blend of wryness, intelligence and wisdom she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success - and how all these forces have shaped her as a writer.Ranging from the personal ...

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An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House 'Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and what it all means. A literary alchemist, Patchet...

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These P...

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These P...

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These P...

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New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and BuzzfeedAnn Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving s...

From New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, a compelling story of two broken families and the paths their lives take over the course of 40 years, through love and marriage, death and divorce, and a dark secret from childhood that lies underneath it all. Now available as a limited Olive Edition from Harper Perennial.

Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.

Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.