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Patron Saint of Liars (P.S.) [Paperback]

Ann Patchett (Author)
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Publication Date: 1 Sep 2007 | Series: P.S.
"Beautifully written...Ann Patchett has produced a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion."

BOSTON HERALD

St. Elizabeth's is a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s. Life there is not unpleasant and for most, it is temporary. Not so for Rose, a beautiful mysterious woman who comes to the lovely ex-hotel pregnant, but not unwed. She plans to give her baby up because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. But St. Elizabeth's is near a healing spring, and when Rose's time draws near, she cannot go through with her plans, not all of them. And she cannot remain forever untouched by what she has left behind and who she has become in the leaving....
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (1 Sep 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061339210
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061339219
  • Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 2.1 x 20.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,917,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Patchett is unique; a generous, fearless and startlingly wise young writer.' -- New York Times --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Ann Patchett was born in Los Angeles in 1963. She is the author of Taft, The Magician’s Assistant and Bel Canto for which she won the Orange Prize 2002. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Nashville Banner Tennessee Writer of the Year Award. She has also written for numerous publications including, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, Vogue, GQ, Elle and Gourmet. Ann Patchett lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Moving and enigmatic 1 Aug 2003
By Anna, London
Format:Paperback
Just when you think you're getting to know Rose, the main protagonist, she slips away from you, as she does the rest of the characters in the book. Narrated by three separate narrators, first Rose, then her second husband 'Son', and finally her daughter Cecilia, this novel takes you into the lives of the inhabitants of a Catholic home for unwed mothers.
As usual with Patchett, the novel is beautifully written. So evocative. Her touch is graceful and light. She creates characters that you really care about, wonderfully quirky 3-D people that fill your thoughts and imagination long after you've put the book down. You'll want to read it in one go, and go back to it again and again.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Sad Sweet Fragile Story 27 Nov 1996
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Format:Paperback
I had an ache in the pit of my stomach for the
entire story. I haven't read such a sweet sad fragile
story in a long long time. Its rare that an author
(and a first-time one at that!) can write about human
failures and human hopes so eloquently at the same time.
Not once during the story did I stop hoping for a reversal
of character. A truly wonderful story . . .
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A pretty package with not a whole lot inside. 25 July 1997
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Format:Hardcover
The Patron Saint of Liars tries mightily to engage the reader with questions of faith, fidelity and human longing. Unfortunately, the insights into these things are at best standard, and at worst, facile or dull. Patchett writes well, (her prose rarely thuds), but she writes too much, thinking that a sea of sensory detail is enough to provide enlightenment, when what the reader craves is some honest insight. For a book that is supposed to be about our deepest humanity, it leaves one feeling oddly cold. It is apparent that Patchett's mind and eyes are sharp; it is her heart that needs work.
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