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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
24.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
New York Times Bestseller Ann Patchett's award winning, bestselling novel that balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language --now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. "Blissfully romantic.... A terrific, spellcast ...Show more
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
25.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party i ...Show more
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
33.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It is 1964: Bert Cousins, the deputy District Attorney, shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited, bottle of gin in hand. As the cops of Los Angeles drink, talk and dance into the June afternoon, he notices a heart-stoppingly beautiful woman. When Bert kisses Beverly Keating, his host's w ...Show more
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
22.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful story of two families brought together by beauty and torn apart by tragedy, the new novel by the Orange Prize-winning author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder is her most astonishing yet It is 1964- Bert Cousins, the deputy district attorney, shows up at Fra ...Show more
Escape Goat by Ann Patchett
30.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto, Ann Patchett, comes a hilarious children's audiobook about a scapegoat who escapes blame just in time, read by the author! The Farmer family has a big problem! Every day their goat escapes, and every day, Mr. Farmer brings him back. So when things ...Show more
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson's work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report on her progress, espec ...Show more
The Bookshop Strikes Back by Ann Patchett
4.00 NZD
Category: Business
A beautifully written essay... a celebration of local bookshops.
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
25.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
New York Times Bestseller - A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick - A New York Times Book Review Notable Book - TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019. Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29 ...Show more
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
33.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
The international bestselling writer Ann Patchett has been described as 'one of the foremost chroniclers of the burdens of emotional inventory and its central place in American lives' and 'a master of her art' (Observer). In her new collection, with her trademark blend of wryness, intelligence and wisdo ...Show more
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death' Guardian 'A pitch-perfect collection ... She can turn a sentence like no one else: her writing is clear, honest, witty, and just full of unsentimental humanity' Nigella Lawson 'Profound ...Show more
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: General Adult
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is wide-ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom. Stretching from her tumultuous childhood, to the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, from a disastrous marriage to a happy one, from the joy of selling her first book ...Show more
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful ...Show more