The author of State of wonder, The magician's assistant, and Bel canto examines her deepest commitments--to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband--creating a portrait of her life.

Orange Prize winner Ann Patchett's second novel. The story of a black Memphis blues bartender whose son has been taken away from him, but who then becomes a surrogate father when a beautiful 17-year-old white girl and her renegade...

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.

While grads may have little idea of what's coming next, there's great pleasure to be found in not knowing and not having everything defined, according to bestselling author Patchett in this inspirational audiobook. Unabridged. 1...

A repackage of Ann Patchett's novel Taft, about a middle-aged black man who runs a blues club in Memphis.

Patchett, the New York Times-bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with a moving story exploring the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them...

Patchett delivers a story about love and opera which takes place during a terrorist takeover at a party at a South American embassy. Available for the first time on CD. Unabridged. 1 CD.

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of a powerful Japanese businessman. A famous American opera diva entertains the international guests. It is a...