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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
25.00 NZD
Category: Literary fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party i ...Show more
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
25.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
New York Times Bestseller Ann Patchett's award winning, bestselling novel that balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language --now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. "Blissfully romantic.... A terrific, spellcast ...Show more
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
22.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful story of two families brought together by beauty and torn apart by tragedy, the new novel by the Orange Prize-winning author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder is her most astonishing yet It is 1964- Bert Cousins, the deputy district attorney, shows up at Fra ...Show more
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
35.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
#1 New York Times BestsellerThe acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny K ...Show more
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
33.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
It is 1964: Bert Cousins, the deputy District Attorney, shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited, bottle of gin in hand. As the cops of Los Angeles drink, talk and dance into the June afternoon, he notices a heart-stoppingly beautiful woman. When Bert kisses Beverly Keating, his host's w ...Show more
I'd Rather Be Reading : A Library of Art for Book Lovers by Guinevere De la Mare; Maura Kelly; Gretchen Rubin; Ann Patchett
28.00 NZD
Category: Gift
For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this book is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books. Artwork from the ...Show more
Run by Ann Patchett
35.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
It is just a few weeks after Christmas, and the unforgiving New England weather has taken a turn for the worse. Doyle has dragged his reluctant young sons - adopted sons, as his pale Irish colouring contrasted with their black skin makes obvious - to a speech by Jesse Jackson. Though his own political c ...Show more
Run by Ann Patchett
28.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle. A student at Harvard, Tip is happiest in a lab, whilst Teddy thinks he has found his calling in the Church, and both are increasingly strained by their father's protective plans for them. But when they are involv ...Show more
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
37.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson's work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report on her progress, espec ...Show more
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
23.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
New York Times Bestseller - A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick - A New York Times Book Review Notable Book - TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019. Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29 ...Show more
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
25.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death' Guardian 'A pitch-perfect collection ... She can turn a sentence like no one else: her writing is clear, honest, witty, and just full of unsentimental humanity' Nigella Lawson 'Profound ...Show more
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
33.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
The international bestselling writer Ann Patchett has been described as 'one of the foremost chroniclers of the burdens of emotional inventory and its central place in American lives' and 'a master of her art' (Observer). In her new collection, with her trademark blend of wryness, intelligence and wisdo ...Show more