Bibliograph

Tom Lake, a novel, Ann Patchett

Type

Label

Tom Lake, a novel, Ann Patchett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Tom Lake

Oclc number

1390739514

Responsibility statement

Ann Patchett

resource.studyProgramName

August 2023 selection for:, Reeses's Book Club

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knewIn the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born

Target audience

adult

Classification