DC-area fans of Ann Patchett, take note: she’ll be reading at Politics & Prose Bookstore on Tuesday. I haven’t read this new novel, but I’m a fan of Truth & Beauty, a fascinating glimpse into the creative process and the challenges of a friendship. Reading details here and below:
Ann Patchett
Tuesday, July 29, 7 p.m.
RUN (Harper Perennial, $14.95)
Now out in paperback, Patchett’s first novel since the acclaimed Bel Canto is set in Boston and concerns the Doyles, a father and his two adopted sons. When a car accident brings a woman named Tennessee and her daughter into the Doyles’ lives, the characters come to new understandings of family, race, and identity.
Politics & Prose
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Washington, DC 20008
202.364.1919