These Precious Days: Essays

These Precious Days: EssaysThe beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "The elegance of Patchetts prose is seductive and inviting: with Patchett as a guide, readers will really get to grips with the power of struggles, failures, and triumphs alike." Publisher's Weekly Any story that starts will also end. As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life,

I am hooked

trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be

is a stranger

take in that fact

to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is a remarkable journey of survival and resilience

its rugged loggers and bridge builders―this extraordinary novella poignantly captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life

Its construction exudes timeless solidity

discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You

the woman who couldn't bid her dog farewell

*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times *WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

It’s an incredible tale: the child of Hollywood royalty—Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher—homewrecked by Elizabeth Taylor