Ann Patchett – Kim Hays

Reading WHISTLER

In my January 2024 blog post, I called Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake (2023) “a joyful novel” and included it in a list of my favorite books for 2024. This weekend I’ve just finished Patchett’s Whistler (2026), another novel that introduces us to loving and lovable characters working to resolve questions about their pasts that IContinue reading “Reading WHISTLER”

A Joyful Novel

I’m not even going to try to come up with a list of the best books I read in 2023. But I can tell you about the book that delighted me most: Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake. A review in the Guardian calls it “an engaging exploration of contentment,” but I’m glad I didn’t read thatContinue reading “A Joyful Novel”