Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (HC)
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This is a story about Peter Duke who went on to be a famous actor.
This is a story about falling in love with Peter Duke who wasn't famous at all.
It's about falling so wildly in love with him - the way one will at twenty-four - that it felt like jumping off a roof at midnight.
There was no way to foresee the mess it would come to in the end.
It's spring and Lara's three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the one story they've always longed to hear - of the film star with whom she shared a stage, and a romance, years before.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.
REVIEWS
"A bittersweet tale of family, heartbreak and hope ... Those who want fiction to soothe, bolster and cheer will love it." ― Guardian
"A beautiful, stirring book that sneaks up on you and makes a deep impression ... The moment I finished it, I wanted to go back and start again."― Sunday Times
"Completely absorbing." ― Grazia
PRODUCT DETAILS
Hardcover Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 978-1526664273
Pages: 320
This is a story about falling in love with Peter Duke who wasn't famous at all.
It's about falling so wildly in love with him - the way one will at twenty-four - that it felt like jumping off a roof at midnight.
There was no way to foresee the mess it would come to in the end.
It's spring and Lara's three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the one story they've always longed to hear - of the film star with whom she shared a stage, and a romance, years before.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.
REVIEWS
"A bittersweet tale of family, heartbreak and hope ... Those who want fiction to soothe, bolster and cheer will love it." ― Guardian
"A beautiful, stirring book that sneaks up on you and makes a deep impression ... The moment I finished it, I wanted to go back and start again."― Sunday Times
"Completely absorbing." ― Grazia
PRODUCT DETAILS
Hardcover Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 978-1526664273
Pages: 320