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Blending literature and memoir, Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder, Run, and Bel Canto, examines her deepest commitments--to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband--creating a resonant portrait of a life in This is the Story of a Happy Marriage.

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage takes us into the very real world of Ann Patchett's life. Stretching from her childhood to the present day, from a disastrous early marriage to a later happy one, it covers a multitude of topics, including relationships with family and friends,...

Wenn das Traumhaus kein Glück bringt: Der große Familienroman der Bestsellerautorin
Boston, USA: Schauplatz einer einzigartigen Geschwisterliebe und des Aufstiegs und Falls einer Familie. Ann Patchett wurde für ihren Roman für den Pulitzer-Preis nominiert.  

Geld macht nicht glücklich. Das muss der Immobilienmakler Cyril feststellen, als ihn seine Frau verlässt, weil sie den Luxus im Holländerhaus nicht aushält. Und auch sonst ist der Familie das Glück nicht gerade hold: Als Cyril stirbt, wirft seine neue Frau ihre Stiefkinder Danny und Maeve kurzerhand...

Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving, possessive, and ambitious father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see his sons in politics, a dream the boys have never shared. But when an argument in a blinding New England snowstorm inadvertently causes an accident that involves a stranger and her child, all Bernard cares about is his ability to keep his children--all his children--safe.

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 Weltoffenheit und ihre klugen emotionalen und intellektuellen Einsichten machen aus dieser Sammlung eine kleine Offenbarung.

In 1992, celebrated novelist Ann Patchett launched her remarkable career with the publication of her debut novel, The Patron Saint of Liars. On this 25th anniversary, read the best-selling book that is "beautifully written . . . a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion" (Boston Herald).

St. Elizabeth's, a home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky, usually harbors its residents for only a little while. Not so Rose Clinton, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed, and stays....

"Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett's fiction."--New York Times Book Review

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. Infusing the narrative with the same ingenuity and emotional urgency that pervaded her acclaimed previous novels Bel Canto, Taft, Run, The Magician's Assistant, and The Patron Saint of Liars, Patchett delivers an enthrallingly innovative tale of aspiration,...

"Blissfully Romantic....A strange, terrific, spellcasting story." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Bel Canto...should be on the list of every literate music lover. The story is riveting, the participants breathe and feel and are alive, and throughout this elegantly-told novel, music pours forth so splendidly that the reader hears it and is overwhelmed by its beauty." --Lloyd Moss, WXQR

"Glorious." --The New Yorker

Ann Pratchett's award winning, New York Times bestselling Bel Canto balances themes of love and crisis as disparate...