Tom Lake : A Novel : Ann Patchett

Paperback | Fiction

Coming Of Age Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers with this beautiful and moving #1 New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick novel about family, love, and growing up. “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.” —The Guardian “Expect wonder; Patchett always delivers.”—Elle In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.