Commonwealth

Written by Ann Patchett

Narrated by Laurence Bouvard

It is 1964: Bert Cousins, shows up at Franny Keating's christening uninvited, where he notices a heart-stoppingly beautiful woman. When Bert kisses Beverly Keating, his host's wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, meets one of her idols, the famous author Leon Posen. After telling him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story. Franny never dreams that the consequences of this encounter will extend into the lives of her scattered siblings and parents.

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Sep 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781510048157

Ann Patchett

ANN PATCHETT is the author of eight novels: The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, and The Dutch House as well as three books of nonfiction: Truth & Beauty, about her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy, What Now? an expansion of her graduation address at Sarah Lawrence College, and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, a collection of essays examining the theme of commitment.

Reviews for Commonwealth

[Vijayalakshmi iyer · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The first half of the book had me on the fence as to whether or not it was interesting enough to carry on, just when I thought of putting the book down, the story seeped into me and changed my opinion until the very end

[Carole Gregson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved the narration- she really brought the characters to life. A lovely entertaining story.

[Matthew Tett · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really like the book and story, although the switching of time periods is harder on audio. One thing that grated, and I realise this is personal choice: the narrator’s ‘male’ voices, such as Bert and Kumar. The narrator is great but I just don’t think her make voices work’

[Karin Kvist · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Struggled for the first chapters...maybe more. Then it took off and I'm glad I hung in there!