Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
£18.99
Mr B's review
It is 2020 and Lara’s three daughters have returned to the family farm to help with the cherry harvest whilst outside the world is in turmoil. The girls beg their mother to tell the story of her first romance. What ensues is a pitch-perfect portrayal of the passion of young love; the joy of maternal love and the peace of mature love. This hopeful book is ripe with secrets as they begin to uncover the lives their parents lived before they were born. – Sue
Description
The breath-taking new novel from Ann Patchett – a Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestseller
‘Filled with the moments I live for in a story’
BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry
‘[Tom Lake] has it all … Young love, sibling rivalry and deep mother-daughter relationships’
REESE WITHERSPOON
‘One of the most beloved authors of her generation’
SUNDAY TIMES
There’s more to every love story than what we choose to tell…
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.
‘One of our greatest living chroniclers of love and marriage … Expect wonder; Patchett always delivers’ ELLE
* SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 *
* A REESE WITHERSPOON AND BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK *
* A 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES *
Publisher Review
Filled with the moments I live for in a story – careful, compelling insights into human nature, the most effortless humour, and the kind of vivid descriptions that reveal exactly how something is — Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY One of our greatest living chroniclers of love and marriage – and its resounding impacts over generations – is back this summer … Expect wonder; Patchett always delivers * Elle * Patchett’s intricate and subtle thematic web … enfolds the nature of storytelling, the evolving dynamics of a family, and the complex interaction between destiny and choice … These braided strands culminate in a denouement at once deeply sad and tenderly life-affirming. Poignant and reflective, cementing Patchett’s stature as one of our finest novelists * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * Masterly … A love letter to both storytelling itself and the bonds that tie family and friends together,
Patchett has once again worked her unique brand of magic with this gentle, tender story that glows with heart and humanity * Bookseller, Book of the Month *
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