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The Patron Saint of Liars
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The Patron Saint of Liars
The first novel from the bestselling author of The Dutch House, Commonwealth and Bel Canto, Winner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Pen/Faulkner Award.
The Sunday Times best selling author of The Dutch House and Bel Canto, Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction
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Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for her novel Bel Canto, Ann Patchett's stunning first novel is about "pilgrimage and healing... A fairy tale. A delight."
It is the 1960s. Rose Clinton arrives at St Elizabeth's, a Roman Catholic home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky. Rose is a young woman who has decided to be "a liar for the rest of my life." She is pregnant but also married (although at St Elizabeth's she claims to be unwed), fleeing her dull but loving husband without telling him she is pregnant. Nor does she tell her widowed and much-loved mother, whom she also abandons in penance for leaving her marriage.
Rose plans to give her baby up because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. But St. Elizabeth is near a healing spring, and when Rose's time draws near, she realises that she cannot go through with her plans.
It is also clear that Rose cannot remain untouched by what 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.
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The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett is praised for its fairy tale-like quality and delightfulness, according to the New York Times Book Review. The Boston Herald highlights its beautiful writing, noting the novel's enviable grace, insight, and compassion, despite being a debut. Patchett is recognised for her uniqueness and wisdom as a writer by the New York Times.
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ISBN: 9781841150505
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 April 2003
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 352
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About the Author
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
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