by Ann Patchett · Bloomsbury Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781408880364
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Commonwealth» is the contemporary novel by Ann Patchett, published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks in paperback, with 322 pages, in English.
In 1964, Bert Cousins shows up uninvited at Franny Keating's christening and kisses Beverly, the girl's mother. The kiss unravels two marriages and brings two families together. The novel follows the step-siblings through secrets and absences until Franny Keating, now an adult, tells the family story to a writer and loses control of it.
This edition was published on 4 May 2017 and the action takes place between California and Chicago, from the 1960s to the 1980s.
For book clubs and readers of contemporary fiction interested in families and secrets.
Ann Patchett is an American author. In 2002 she received the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State of Wonder (2011), Commonwealth (2016), The Dutch House (2019), and Tom Lake (2023). The Dutch House was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
