Bibliograph

The Dutch house, a novel, Ann Patchett

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Label

The Dutch house, a novel, Ann Patchett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Dutch house

Oclc number

1117495416

Responsibility statement

Ann Patchett

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"--, Provided by publisherAt 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, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another

Target audience

adult

Creator