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An inspirational primer based on the author's 2006 commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College. Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration…
for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life stage to another. With wit and candour, she tells her story of attending college, graduating, and struggling with the inevitable question, What now? c2008.
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Biography, Literature biography, Women biography
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Ann Patchett shares stories of the people, places, ideals, and art to which she has remained indelibly committed, bringing into…
focus the large experiences and small moments that have shaped her as a daughter, wife, and writer. Stretching from her childhood to the present day, from a disastrous early marriage to a later happy one, Patchett covers a multitude of topics, including relationships with family and friends, and charts the hard work and joy of writing, and the unexpected thrill of opening a bookstore. 2013.
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Author reminisces about her long-term friendship with Lucy Grealy, whom she met in college at Sarah Lawrence and who wrote…
"Autobiography of a Face", describing her battle with facial cancer. Patchett describes their relationship until Grealy's 2002 death from a heroin overdose. 2004.