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Tom Lake

The Sunday Times bestseller - a BBC Radio 2 and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick
By Ann Patchett
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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett follows a woman who, during the spring of 2020, recounts stories of her youth to her three daughters while they are isolated together on their family's cherry orchard. Her tales intertwine with themes of love, ambition, and the choices we make, offering a poignant reflection on life’s unexpected paths. This evocative narrative weaves past and present seamlessly, exploring family dynamics and the enduring impact of our past experiences.
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The breathtaking new novel from Ann Patchett – a Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestseller.

‘Filled with the moments I live for in a story’
— BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry

Tom Lake has it all... Young love, sibling rivalry and deep mother-daughter relationships
— REESE WITHERSPOON

‘One of the most beloved authors of her generation’
— SUNDAY TIMES

There's more to every love story than what we choose to tell...

It’s spring, and Lara’s three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the one story they’ve always longed to hear – of the film star with whom she shared a stage, and a romance, years before.

Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.

‘One of our greatest living chroniclers of love and marriage… Expect wonder; Patchett always delivers’
— ELLE

SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023
A REESE WITHERSPOON AND BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
A 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES

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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is celebrated for its exploration of love, marriage, and their lasting influences across generations. The novel weaves intricate themes of storytelling, family dynamics, and the interplay of fate and choice, concluding with a poignant and uplifting resolution. It reinforces Patchett's reputation as a masterful novelist, offering readers a deeply reflective experience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526669667

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Ann Patchett is the author of eight novels and three works of non-fiction. Her most recent novel The Dutch House was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize. In 2002 she won the Orange Prize for Fiction with Bel Canto, a prize she has also twice been shortlisted for with The Magician’s Assistant in 1998 and State of Wonder in 2012. She is also the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl.

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