The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett The first novel from the bestselling author of The Dutch House, Commonwealth and Bel Canto, Winner of The Womens Prize for Fiction and the Pen/Faulkner Award. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first novel from the bestselling author of The Dutch House, Commonwealth and Bel Canto, Winner of The Womens Prize for Fiction and the Pen/Faulkner Award. It is 1968. Rose Clinton arrives at St Elizabethâ™s, a Roman Catholic home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky. Rose has fled her dull but loving husband without telling him she is pregnant and has decided to be â˜a liar for the rest of my lifeâ™. As penance, she has also abandoned her widowed and much loved mother, with no mention of her condition.Rose plans to give her baby up because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. But St. Elizabethâ™s is home to a healing spring, and when Roses time draws near, she realises that she cannot go through with her plans. Nor can she remain untouched by those she has left behind; by the ever-watchful Sister Evangeline; by the love of Son, the handyman at St. Elizabeth; or later by the birth of her daughter Cecilia.Enchantingly graceful, Ann Patchettâ™s first novel is about sanctuary and pilgrimage, pain and healing and the helping hand of chance. Notes This is the first novel written by this years Orange Prize-winner with Bel Canto. A young woman decides not to give up her baby in the Catholic home for unwed mothers in 1960s Kentucky. Author Biography Ann Patchett is originally from Los Angeles and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of two earlier novels, The Patron Saint of Liars and Taft. She lives in Nashville and is the Tennessee Williams Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of the South Review A fairy tale. A delight New York Times Book ReviewBeautifully written…a first novel that second and third time novelists would envy for its grace, insight and compassion Boston HeraldPatchett is unique; a generous, fearless and startlingly wise young writer New York Times Promotional The Sunday Times best selling author of The Dutch House and Bel Canto, Winner of The Womens Prize for Fiction Kirkus UK Review Ann Patchett won the 2002 Orange Prize with the magical Bel Canto, but she was a successful novelist long before that, as this reissue of her first book proves. An elegant and intelligent novel, its set in a Roman Catholic home for unwed mothers, but St Elizabeths in Kentucky is not as horrendous and brutal a place as those we have encountered before. Rose Clinton has abandoned both her unexciting marriage and her loving mother to flee to the home, planning to give up the child she is unhappy about having. But soon the effect of the home (and its healing spring) begins to change her decisions. Rose has to take into consideration not just the family she has walked away from, but also those she has encountered at St Elizabeths, such as the enigmatic Sister Evangeline and the odd-job man at the home. What makes Patchetts book work so well is her confounding of the expectations the setting engenders. From Iris Murdoch onwards, we have come to anticipate that religious retreats will be places of repressed emotion and thwarted lives, but that is not the case here. Some may find that its conclusions are a touch too luminous, but there is no denying Patchetts complex and believable characterization, not to mention the assured plotting that makes this an extremely compelling read. (Kirkus UK) Long Description Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for her novel Bel Canto, Ann Patchetts stunning first novel is about pilgrimage and healing…A fairytale. A delight. It is 1968. Rose Clinton arrives at St Elizabeths, a Roman Catholic home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky. Rose has fled her dull but loving husband without telling him she is pregnant and has decided to be a liar for the rest of my life. As penance, she has also abandoned her widowed and much loved mother, with no mention of her condition. Rose plans to give her baby up because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. But St. Elizabeths is home to a healing spring, and when Roses time draws near, she realises that she cannot go through with her plans. Nor can she remain untouched by those she has left behind; by the ever-watchful Sister Evangeli≠ by the love of Son, the handyman at St. ElizabÐ or later by the birth of her daughter Cecilia. Enchantingly graceful, Ann Patchetts first novel is about sanctuary and pilgrimage, pain and healing and the helping hand of chance. Review Quote A fairy tale. A delight New York Times Book Review Beautifully written...a first novel that second and third time novelists would envy for its grace, insight and compassion Boston Herald Patchett is unique; a generous, fearless and startlingly wise young writer New York Times Feature * THE MAGICIANS ASSISTANT was short-listed for the 1998 Orange Prize for Womens Fiction; Bel Canto won the prize in 2002 * Over 50,000 copies of Bel Canto sold in paperback in the UK to date * Ann Patchett has written such a good first novel that among the many pleasures it offers is the anticipation of how wonderful her second, third and fourth will surely be... It is about pilgrimage and healing... A fairy tale. A delight. The New York Times Book Review * 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 * THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS was a New York Times Notable Book. Competition: The Testaments; Olive Kitteridge; Normal People; Fleishman is in Trouble; Milkman; Life After Life; An American Marriage; How to Be Both; May We Be Forgiven. Margaret Atwood; Elizabeth Strout; Salley Rooney; Taffy Brodesser-Akner; Anna Burns; Kate Atkinson; Tayari Jones; Ali Smith; A.M. Homes Details ISBN1841150509 Author Ann Patchett Pages 352 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Year 2003 ISBN-10 1841150509 ISBN-13 9781841150505 Format Paperback Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Media Book Language English Publication Date 2003-04-07 UK Release Date 2003-04-07 Illustrator Simona Bursi Edited by Matt Thorne Birth 1968 Affiliation Bond University Position Associate Director Qualifications Ph.D. Alternative 9780007397358 Audience General AU Release Date 2003-05-27 NZ Release Date 2003-08-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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