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These Precious Days: Essays

Ann Patchett

Start date: December 15, 2022

Finish date: January 15, 2023

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Apr 08, 2022 Abbey rated it it was amazing

I set out to read a couple pages of this book before bed and every night it had me staying up past my bedtime. This book has so much heart; I truly loved it and will be recommending it to many.

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Feb 07, 2022 Angie rated it liked it

Shelves: essays, non-fiction

I enjoyed these essays, but I prefer her fiction to her nonfiction. She covers topics ranging from the role her three fathers played to the joy of discover kids' literature (the author Kate DiCamillo) as an adult. The title essay (and the longest in the book) centers around her friendship with Sooki, who she got to know as Tom Hanks' assistant, and who came to be a houseguest during her cancer treatment. This happened to coincide with the start of the pandemic, so a temporary stay became elongat ...more

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Dec 02, 2021 Holly rated it liked it

A series of good essays reminds me not only why I like Ann Patchett as an author but also that I need to read more essayists.

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Mar 27, 2022 Pang rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction, memoir-biography, barack-s-best, 2022

i typically don’t enjoy essays, but i thoroughly enjoyed this book. the stories and narrating were both compelling and riveting. they were something i could relate to, even if not in entirety. love, life, marriage, kids. it didn’t get a 5-star from me because i felt the stories fell apart a bit toward the end. even the narrating fell it was jumbled around. not sure what happened, or if it was really the book. still, quite enjoyable.

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