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Bookmarks Presents Ann Patchett

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Bookmarks will present Ann Patchett for a free event - but you must let us know you are coming!

Options include: General Admission Ticket for One Person (Free) or Purchase a copy of THE DUTCH HOUSE to save your spot with General Admission seating. ($28 plus tax).

Reserved seating is now sold out.

Books will be picked up at the event upon entry.

Ann Patchett is the author of seven novels and three works of nonfiction. She is the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, England's Orange Prize, and the Book Sense Book of the Year, and was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee. Her new novel, THE DUTCH HOUSE, might be her most powerful novel to date. It is a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.

Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they're together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they've lost with humor and rage. But when at last they're forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.

The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are. Filled with suspense, you may read it quickly to find out what happens, but what happens to Danny and Maeve will stay with you for a very long time.