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Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
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Ann Patchett
Tender but brutal, this portrait of unwavering commitment shines light on the little explored world of women's friendships through the author's relationship with critically acclaimed and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy.
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Patron Saint of Liars
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Ann Patchett
A first novel set in St. Elizabeth's, a Kentucky home for unwed mothers run by nuns. Rose Clinton turns up there, pregnant but by no means unwed, and fleeing from her life by means of a series of lies. She learns to cook from elderly Sister Evangeline, and ends up marrying Son, the handyman, who narrates the second section of the novel, describing ...
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Run
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Ann Patchett
Set over a period of 24 hours, "Run" shows how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexist only blocks apart from each other, and how family can include the most unlikely of people, in this novel about secrets, duty, responsibility, and the lengths people will go to protect their children.
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Bel Canto
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Ann Patchett
An opera singer becomes a long-term hostage in a South American country bedeviled by terrorists. Removed from the outside world, hostages and captors gradually forge a life together that, surprisingly, contains its own satisfactions.
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Taft
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Ann Patchett
This novel tells the simple story of a man's intense desire to be reunited with his son. John Nickel is a Black musician in Memphis. A protective man by nature, he sympathizes with Carl and Fay Taft, a young white brother and sister who seek work at his blues bar. Despite the trouble they cause him, the pity they induce in him helps him to define ...
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The Best American Short Stories
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Katrina Kenison, Ann Patchett (Selected by)
The first and bestselling volume of its kind showcases the country's finest short fiction. This year's stories come handpicked by a beloved master of the form and are sure to feature more unforgettable characters and extraordinary writing.
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O. Henry Prize Stories
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Laura Furman (Editor), Cristina Garcia, Ann Patchett
A perennial classic featuring the very best in contemporary short fiction by well-known and emerging writers alike, these stories push the boundaries of what fiction can show about the world.
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The magician's assistant
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Ann Patchett
For 20 years Sabine was the assistant of the magician, Parsifal. Deeply in love with him despite his homosexuality, she had to settle for his friendship. After his death, Sabine learns that Parsifal has surviving relatives in Nebraska, so she decides to visit them in an attempt to learn more about his past. In the place where her beloved came of ...
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What Now?
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Ann Patchett
While grads may have little idea of what's coming next, there's great pleasure to be found in not knowing and not having everything defined. Bestselling author Patchett shares her wit and heartfelt advice in this beautiful gift book that is sure to become a perennial favorite.
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Regarding Emma: Photographs of American Women and Girls
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Melissa Ann Pinney, Ann Patchett (Foreword by)
Melissa Ann Pinney has been creating photographs of women for over fifteen years, from infancy to old age, portraying how womanhood is taught and communicated. The photographs are social documents that reveal the subtle and bold aspects of feminine identity.
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The Best American Short Stories
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Ann Patchett (Selected by), Katrina Kenison (Selected by)
The first and bestselling volume of its kind showcases the country's finest short fiction. This year's stories come handpicked by a beloved master of the form and are sure to feature more unforgettable characters and extraordinary writing.
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Bookclub in a Box Discusses the Novel Bel Canto
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Marilyn Herbert, Ann Patchett
This is a terrific resource for students and educators of literary fiction. The newer novels of our time have few supportive interpretations as of yet; the classics have too many. "Bookclub-in-a-Box" is the spot to come for a literary perspective and understanding that is just right. If you have suffered from a lack of discussion topics in the ...
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Saunder's Pocket Essentials of Clinical Medicine
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Ann Ballinger, Steve Patchett
Many medical students like to have a comprehensive textbook of clinical medicine to work from at home and a concise account of the subject to carry around with them and refer to as a crib. It is useful if these two books reflect one another. This pocket text forms a complement to Kumar & Clark's textbook, being a distillation of the core ...
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Essentials of clinical medicine
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Ann Ballinger, Steve Patchett
Many medical students like to have a comprehensive textbook of clinical medicine to work from at home and a concise account of the subject to carry around with them and refer to as a crib. It is useful if these two books reflect one another. This pocket text forms a complement to Kumar & Clark's textbook, being a distillation of the core ...
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