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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,...

Wie findet man das Glück, das ein Leben lang hält?
Es ist Frühling im nördlichen Michigan. Laras drei erwachsene Töchter kehren auf die elterliche Obstfarm zurück. Bei der Kirschernte bitten sie ihre Mutter, ihnen die Geschichte von Peter Duke zu erzählen, dem weltberühmten Schauspieler, mit dem sie vor Jahren in einer Theatergruppe namens Tom Lake gemeinsam auftrat - und mit dem sie eine stürmische Liebesgeschichte erlebte. Durch Laras Erinnerungen an ihre Jugend sehen die drei Töchter sich herausgefordert, nicht nur die Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter, sondern...

"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...

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 Doyle cares about is his ability to keep his children--all his children--safe.

Set over a period of twenty-four hours, Run shows us how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexist only blocks apart from each...

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.

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become...

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...