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These Precious Days
- Essays
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,087
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 991
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Story5 out of 5 stars 984
“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed
- By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21
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These Precious Days
- Essays
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 11-23-21
- Language: English
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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49,694
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44,438
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44,121
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not my favorite Patchett
- By Regina on 12-07-19
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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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Bel Canto
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,004
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,785
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,787
Ann Patchett’s award winning, New York Times best-selling Bel Canto balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language. The author’s lyrical prose and lucid imagination make Bel Canto a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly engrossing
- By Nicky Gleason on 05-13-07
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Bel Canto
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-11-04
- Language: English
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Commonwealth
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Hope Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,515
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,764
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,768
One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Listen for Patchett fans
- By Jeanie M. Phillips on 09-19-16
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Commonwealth
- Narrated by: Hope Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-13-16
- Language: English
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State of Wonder
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Hope Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8,148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,530
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,511
Research scientist Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug....
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5 out of 5 stars
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4.62 stars.......excellent
- By james on 03-19-18
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State of Wonder
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Hope Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-07-11
- Language: English
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,553
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,392
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,377
Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder and Bel Canto examines her deepest commitments: to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining, engrossing, and elucidative essays
- By Bonny on 01-07-14
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-05-13
- Language: English
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The Patron Saint of Liars
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 988
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 804
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Story4 out of 5 stars 803
St. Elizabeth's is a lovely old place in a small town in Kentucky that used to be the beautiful Hotel Louisa. In the 1960s, it is a home for unwed mothers run by nuns. Life at St. Elizabeth's is not unpleasant, but it is temporary....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well-crafted, Painful But Worth Finishing
- By Carol T. Carr on 05-11-10
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The Patron Saint of Liars
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 03-12-12
- Language: English
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The Magician's Assistant
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,244
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,809
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,807
When a gay Los Angeles magician named Parsifal dies suddenly, he leaves behind his heartbroken assistant, Sabine, and a secret past that leads her to Nebraska and a father she never knew he had....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stellar writing and narration-Pachett is a winner
- By Brian PDX on 06-18-12
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The Magician's Assistant
- Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-13-08
- Language: English
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Truth & Beauty
- A Friendship
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 754
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 493
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 492
The author of Bel Canto turns to nonfiction in a moving chronicle of her decades-long friendship with the critically acclaimed and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy....
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3 out of 5 stars
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It got better....
- By Suzn F on 02-20-12
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Truth & Beauty
- A Friendship
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-10-04
- Language: English
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Run
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 912
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 589
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Story4 out of 5 stars 588
It's a winter evening in Boston and the temperature has drastically dropped as a blizzard approaches the city....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not my favorite by this author
- By G.G. on 01-14-08
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Run
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-14-07
- Language: English
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Taft
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 75
John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. But when his son is taken away from him, he's left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. Then he hires Fay, a young white waitress, who has a volatile brother named Carl in tow....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Patchett's Novel's all Available on Audio Now
- By Murmansk on 09-26-19
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Taft
- A Novel
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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What Now?
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by best-selling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A commencement message for life
- By Annie M. on 06-17-08
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What Now?
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 53 mins
- Release date: 04-15-08
- Language: English
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The Dutch House
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 231
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
A masterpiece from the Orange Prize-winning, New York Times number one best-selling author of Commonwealth and Bel Canto: a story of love, family, sacrifice and the power of place....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sublime
- By Louise on 10-20-19
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The Dutch House
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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These Precious Days
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally best-selling, Women’s Prize-winning author of The Dutch House....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Moving , heartfelt, sublime
- By Louise on 07-05-22
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These Precious Days
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-23-21
- Language: English
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State of Wonder
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Nancy Baldwin
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4 out of 5 stars 33
Research scientist Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down Dr. Annick Swenson....
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2 out of 5 stars
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not really, no.
- By Ilinca on 04-29-13
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State of Wonder
- Narrated by: Nancy Baldwin
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 08-09-12
- Language: English
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Commonwealth
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening uninvited, where he notices a heart-stoppingly beautiful woman....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ann Patchet is a master
- By Melanie Cilliers on 06-21-20
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Commonwealth
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-08-16
- Language: English
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Lambslide
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 7 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
Nicolette Farmer is running for class president, and the rest of the Farmer family tells her she’ll win by a landslide. A pack of overconfident lambs mistakenly hear lambslide and can’t believe there’s a slide made just for them....
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Lambslide
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 7 mins
- Release date: 05-07-19
- Language: English
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Das Holländerhaus
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Uve Teschner
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Eine Villa zu besitzen - für Cyril steht das für ein besseres Leben. Doch als er von seinem hart erarbeiteten, ersten kleinen Vermögen das...
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Das Holländerhaus
- Narrated by: Uve Teschner
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: German
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