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Commonwealth

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Hope Davis
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 Bloomsbury presents Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, read by Hope Davis.

'Dazzling … life-affirming and compulsively readable' Sunday Times

'Patchett blends wisdom and humanity jointly with the icy forensic gaze of someone not afraid to expose the frailties of human behaviour ... Read it' Jojo Moyes

'An outstanding novel ... a master of her art' Observer

It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host’s wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later.

In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story…©2016 Ann Patchett (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt
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Beautifully read, this book follows two families and the fall-out from a divorce on the six children.
I haven’t read any Ann Pritchett before but will do now.

American family drama

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Writing excellent as all her books and great set pieces but the structure and number of characters with complicated relationships to each other made it hard to grasp as a whole listening experience.

Good but maybe too complicated for an audio experience

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Carefully crafted story which pulls you in. Well written and lovely performance. I’ll miss the characters in the story..

Great story

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This is the third Ann Patchett book I’ve listened to now and I’ve enjoyed them all so much. I find her to be a very clever author who writes books about people who you grow to care about. If you haven’t read or listened to any of her books, I highly recommend that you do.

Interwoven story superbly narrated

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Excellent A truly amazing book. Thank you


Such a good author The children’s characters development is so sensitive

The development of the story

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