The astonishing new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth
Ann Patchett is the author of eight novels and three works of non-fiction. Her most recent novel The Dutch House was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize. In 2002 she won the Orange Prize for Fiction with Bel Canto, a prize she has also twice been shortlisted for with The Magician’s Assistant in 1998 and State of Wonder in 2012. She is also the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl.
With her pragmatic narrative voice, elegant turn of phrase and
storylines that have explored everything from a South American
hostage crisis to blended family dynamics and the ethics of drug
research, the Bel Canto author has long been regarded as one of
America’s finest and most accessible authors.
*Rosemary Neill, The Australian*
What could have been a nostalgic coming-of-age story is elevated by
Patchett’s rigorous details of character and dialogue, literary
allusions and real-world concerns… Patchett writes with her usual
humanity and time switches so fluid you can’t see the joins. Tom
Lake is a reassuring portrait of our plague-time, an antidote to
dystopian hysteria, the Patchett novel we need now.
*Susan Wyndham, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age*
A powerful meditation on love (obsessive, married, maternal), a
compelling portrait of the seductions (and pitfalls) of the
theatre, and a reminder to cherish the good things in life. Deeply
satisfying.
*Good Weekend, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age*
It’s really about treasuring the little moments in life, the small
moments of beauty, that seems to be something your book is
interested in too.
*Claire Nichols, The Book Show, ABC Radio National*
Tom Lake is Ann’s first novel since The Dutch House, and it’s a
triumphant return for the author… Tom Lake is a moving story of
young love, marriage, and family. And it’s a thoughtful and
introspective look into relationships and the truths we tell
ourselves and others.
*Good Reading magazine*
How does Patchett do it?! For a writer who is so committed to
reassuring readers that there is goodness in the world, her books
somehow avoid being described as glib and trite. There is a decency
to them that feels wholesome, and, yet, this never eclipses the
complexities of her characters’ lives. Add in some beautifully
measured prose, together with sophisticated storytelling techniques
that aren’t always noticed on account of their sophistication, and
I think you’ve got yourself a near-perfect novel.
*Laura Brading, Primer*
Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake is a gentle exploration of memory, of love,
of the joys and the pains of life, and of the unexpected ways in
which things happen and life changes.
*Ann Skea, The Newtown Review of Books*
Ann Patchett is a comfort in every book she writes, her soft voice
and gentle distance making the raw and uncompromising view into
desire and love and hope feel even more sharp when it pierces
through the page… for readers, you will be there, hooked on
Patchett’s every sentence, a cherry bucket around your neck waiting
for all the sweet fruit she will hand you.
*Readings*
As the portrait of a level-headed but quizzical family, it’s very
convincing
*The Listener, New Zealand*
A deeply satisfying book. One of a kind.
*Francesca Rudkin, The Sunday Session, Radio NewstalkZB, New
Zealand*
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