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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--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.
Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows among them.
When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another.
Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together.
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- Title Commonwealth
- Author Ann Patchett
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York
- Date 2016-09
- ISBN 9780062491794 / 0062491792
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Library Reads
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Man-woman relationships
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016028804
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 07/01/2016, Page 24
- Kirkus Reviews, 06/15/2016, Page 20
- Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview, 08/15/2016, Page 15
- Library Journal, 04/01/2016, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 04/01/2016, Page 69
- Publishers Weekly, 05/09/2016, Page 0
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