![]() ![]() ![]() So when Commonwealth thunked onto my doorstep, my first thought was: ‘ Finally‘, closely followed by: ‘Gosh, I love that cover!’ She’s one of those authors I feel I ought to have read, but I’ve never quite got there. I’ve been meaning to get acquainted with Patchett’s work for years. 2016) is by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking: a poignant exploration of perspective, interpretation and the ownership of stories, but also a deeply moving novel about love, familial responsibility and the ties that bind. With his career failing, he reworks the Cousins’ and Keatings’ shared history into a best-selling novel, reimagining the private and personal for the public and making Franny’s story his own.Ĭommonwealth (Bloomsbury, Sep. ![]() She falls in love with him, and he falls in love with her story. In 1988, while working as a cocktail waitress, Franny meets acclaimed author Leon Posen. However, before the party ends, he kisses Franny’s mother, Beverly, and in doing so realigns the fate of their two families. Franny is the daughter of a man Bert scarcely knows, and when he arrives with a bottle of gin in hand, his only thought is to escape the chaos of his household for a few hours. ![]() On a Sunday afternoon in 1964, Bert Cousins gatecrashes Franny Keating’s christening party. ![]()
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