Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books
Today is the story of Dec. 2nd
___________________________________________________________________________
It is the 336th day of the year, leaving 29 days remaining in 2022.
She tells her stories by exploring relationships between disparate people, sometimes members of the same family. Her searing, poignant works sometimes criss-cross decades of time and history, reaching across barriers often erected by the characters themselves.
She has written non-fiction articles, short stories and novels. Her works have been nominated for, shortlisted or won awards such as the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Faulkner/PEN Award, and the Orange Prize.
In addition, she is part-owner of Parnassus Books, a bookstore in Nashville, and has found a niche as a spokeswoman and promoter of the independent shops.
Patchett began her career writing for Seventeen magazine and similar publication, before branching out into fiction and non-fiction books. Her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars, about a pregnant young women who leaves her married life in California to determine her future at a home for unwed mothers in Kentucky, was published in 1992.
She has gone on to write close to a dozen other books, including the novels Commonwealth, The Dutch House, and State of Wonder. Her non-fiction works include Truth and Beauty: A Friendship, and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage.
Her most recent work is a collection of essays, These Precious Days.
Patchett lives in Nashville with her husband.
No comments:
Post a Comment