Ann Patchett: The Dutch House
A dark fairytale set in post war America tracing a family across the decades
World Book Club · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Multi award-winning novelist Ann Patchett will be discussing The Dutch House.
A dark modern fairytale set against the very real world of post-WWII Philadelphia, tracing the love between a brother and sister, their vanishing mother, distant father and jealous stepmother. Ann Patchett tells the story of a family over five decades with a finely balanced mixture of wit and heartbreak.
(Image: Ann Patchett. Photo credit: Emily Dorio.)