Harper

9780063092785

STARRED REVIEW

These Precious Days

These Precious Days reinforces what many fans love about Ann Patchett: her levelheaded appraisal of what is good in the world.

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Review of ‘These Precious Days’

Ann Patchett’s new essay collection, These Precious Days, reinforces what many longtime fans like best about her writing: its levelheaded appraisal of what is good in the world. In one essay, she describes a photo of herself as “joyful.” She had given this photo to the Academy of Arts and Letters when…

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