The Resource Commonwealth : a novel, Ann Patchett
Commonwealth : a novel, Ann Patchett
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The item Commonwealth : a novel, Ann Patchett represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chattahoochee Valley Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Commonwealth : a novel, Ann Patchett represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chattahoochee Valley Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- "The acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062491794
- Label
- Commonwealth : a novel
- Title
- Commonwealth
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ann Patchett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together"--
- Award
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- Australian Book Industry Awards, International Book of the Year, 2017.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2016.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10494587
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Patchett, Ann
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Family secrets
- Label
- Commonwealth : a novel, Ann Patchett
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062491794
- Lccn
- 2016028804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Stock number
- BRO-copy20160921-074
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn932576291
- (OCoLC)932576291
- 440138
- Label
- Commonwealth : a novel, Ann Patchett
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062491794
- Lccn
- 2016028804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Stock number
- BRO-copy20160921-074
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn932576291
- (OCoLC)932576291
- 440138
Subject
- trueStepsiblings
- trueVirginia
- trueAuthors
- trueBlended families
- trueCalifornia
- Domestic fiction
- trueExtramarital affairs
- trueFamily history
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily secrets
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- trueLoss
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueMen/women relations
- trueStepbrothers and stepsisters
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- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: International Book of the Year
- trueRecommended by Lindsey Dunn
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2016
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2016
- trueFamily Sagas
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