This February at the Public Library Association conference in Nashville, legendary authors—and real-life best friends—Ann Patchett and Kevin Wilson sat down to record a conversation for the PLA Virtual Conference. We are so lucky to have this audio to share on our podcast episode this week. It's a really intimate, candid talk with two really close friends and I hope you take some time to listen. They discuss how they met, the writing process, and how they are—first and foremost—readers. What better time than now—as we celebrate the paperback release of Nothing to See Here—to share this audio with you!
Listen to the episode here:
Both The Dutch House and Nothing to See Here are Today show #ReadWithJenna Picks. Find out more about this book club here.
The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Bestseller. It has been named TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019, included in Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, a Kirkus Best of 2019 pick, NPR's Best Books of 2019, and a Women's Prize for Fiction Finalist. It's a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.
More rave reviews:
“This richly furnished novel gives brilliantly clear views into the lives it contains.”
—Kirkus Reviews review
“Patchett’s splendid novel is a thoughtful, compassionate exploration of obsession and forgiveness, what people acquire, keep, lose or give away, and what they leave behind.”
—Publishers Weekly review
“Patchett is at her subtle yet shining finest in this gloriously incisive, often droll, quietly suspenseful drama of family, ambition, and home.... With echoes of F. Scott Fitzgerald and in sync with Alice McDermott, Patchett gracefully choreographs surprising revelations and reunions as her characters struggle with the need to be one’s true self.”
—Booklist
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Nothing to See Here is a New York Times Bestseller and has been named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, TIME, The A.V. Club, Buzzfeed, and PopSugar. It is now available in paperback! This novel is moving and uproarious, following a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable ability.
Lots of love for this one:
“Wilson captures the wrenching emotions of caring for children in this exceptional, and exceptionally hilarious, novel.”
—Publishers Weekly review
“A love letter to the weirdness and difficulties of children and of parenting, with or without spontaneous human combustion.... [With] an easy, engaging voice, cynical and funny without being caustic. Like the author’s The Family Fang, this is another story of a family that is as delightfully bizarre as it is heartfelt and true.”
—Library Journal
“Lillian tells the story, revealing immediately that she’s another of Wilson’s normal extraordinary protagonists.... She fills the book with her wry humor and large, embracing heart.”
—Booklist
A big thank you to PLA for supplying this audio and allowing us to share.
-Lainey
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