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World Book Club: Ann Patchett: The Dutch House

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Ann Patchett

02/03/2024 GMT

Ann Patchett: The Dutch House

BBC World Service - World Book Club, Ann Patchett: The Dutch House

A dark fairytale set in post war America tracing a family across the decades

A dark fairytale set in post war America tracing a family across the decades.

Multi award-winning novelist Ann Patchett will be discussing The Dutch House.  

A dark modern fairytale set against the very real world of post-WWII Philadelphia, tracing the love between a brother and sister, their vanishing mother, distant father and jealous stepmother. Ann Patchett tells the story of a family over five decades with a finely balanced mixture of wit and heartbreak.

(Image: Ann Patchett. Photo credit: Emily Dorio.)

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