Ann Patchett’s essays unfold her warmth, generosity, and humor
by Heller McAlpin
Nov 22, 2021
3 minutes
“These Precious Days,” Ann Patchett’s generous new collection of essays, nearly all of which were previously published in periodicals, offers a burst of warm positivity. Like her first collection, “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage” (2013), this appealing mix of the personal and the professional highlights the centrality of books, family, friendship, and compassion in Patchett’s life.
At the heart of “These Precious Days” is the title essay, a tribute to a woman Patchett befriended in what turned out to
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