Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

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Book club questions for Tom Lake by Ann Patchett takes a deep dive into this quiet novel about one’s past. There will be spoilers so for more context about the book, check out their spoiler-free review first.

Poignant and reflective, cementing Patchett’s stature as one of our finest novelists.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett on her latest novel Tom Lake, which tackles family, maternal love and the secrets a mother may choose not to share with her children.

Amid the pandemic, a woman tells her three now-grown daughters a story of her youth, a love affair, a path she might have taken but didn’t. While they, in turn, tell her of their hopes and fears for the future. That's the story told in “Tom Lake,” the latest novel by renowned writer Ann Patchett. Jeffrey Brown joined her in New Hampshire for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

An American fruit farm is the setting for a bittersweet tale of family heartbreak and hope during the pandemic

Patchett returns to a familiar subject: the ambivalent interpersonal dynamics of closed groups.