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    Review: Commonwealth, Patron Saint of Liars, and The Dutch House

    by Anne June 21, 2020
    by Anne June 21, 2020

    My mom introduced me to Ann Patchett when I was desperately hunting for new reading material after I graduated from college last spring. The heavy literary works Iโ€™d read as a fourth year English major had depleted my desire for …

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    Review: Commonwealth

    by Kathleen October 4, 2016
    by Kathleen October 4, 2016

    I felt the tears come thirty pages from the end of Ann Patchett’s latest novel, Commonwealth. They welled just inside my lower eyelids for the duration. When I finished the book – after a long, dreamy spell of reading – …

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    4 Books to Jumpstart Your Novel

    by Kathleen July 6, 2016
    by Kathleen July 6, 2016

    I’m writing a book. ย Can you even believe that? It’s been my lifelong dream to be a novelist, and I’ve finally decided to take action. ย According to one of the guidesย I’ll describe below, I’m supposed to have a ten-word sentence …

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