These Precious Days

Author : Ann Patchett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526640994

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These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Pdf

'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death' Guardian, 50 biggest books of autumn 'Profound and clever and funny and wise' Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House 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 as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and what it all means. Ranging from the personal – her portrait of the three men she called her fathers; how a chance encounter with Tom Hanks led to one of the most important friendships of her life; how to answer when someone asks why you don't have children – to the sublime – the unexpected influence of Snoopy; the importance of knitting; the pleasure to be found in children's books – each essay transforms the particular into the universal, letting us all see our own worlds anew. Illuminating, penetrating, funny and generous, These Precious Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors. 'Patchett's essays are both sharp and humane ... like a hugely enjoyable conversation with a particularly brilliant friend' Sadie Jones

Author : Ann Patchett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526640970

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These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Pdf

A BARACK OBAMA TOP BOOK OF 2021 'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death' Guardian 'A pitch-perfect collection ... She can turn a sentence like no one else: her writing is clear, honest, witty, and just full of unsentimental humanity' Nigella Lawson 'Profound and clever and funny and wise' Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss ______________________ An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House '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 as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and what it all means. Ranging from the personal – her portrait of the three men she called her fathers; how a chance encounter with Tom Hanks led to one of the most important friendships of her life; how to answer when someone asks why you don't have children – to the sublime – the unexpected influence of Snoopy; the importance of knitting; the pleasure to be found in children's books – each essay transforms the particular into the universal, letting us all see our own worlds anew. Illuminating, penetrating, funny and generous, These Precious Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors. 'Patchett's essays are both sharp and humane ... like a hugely enjoyable conversation with a particularly brilliant friend' Sadie Jones

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22T22:59:00Z
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781669357247

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Summary of Ann Patchett's These Precious Days by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I have married twice, and my sister three times. None of us set out for this. We meant to stick our landing on the first try, but we stumbled. My parents divorced when I was five, and my mother married Darrell when I was twenty-seven. #2 The Three Fathers died in the order in which my mother had married them, and they died in the inverse order of their health. My father went first, even though he had made a religion of the elliptical trainer, the treadmill, and the NordicTrack. He spent four slow years dying of a neurological disease called progressive supranuclear palsy. #3 My father had grown up the third of seven children. He was born in 1931, the first of the Patchetts to have been born in America. His parents left England to find work in California, and after a long stretch of nothing, his father landed a job as a machinist at Columbia Pictures. #4 My father, as a writer, believed that childhood development rested on the ability to play volleyball. He wanted me to be athletic, join clubs, and start clubs. But I believed I would be a writer, and he didn’t understand that.

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of Ann Patchett's These Precious Days by Milkyway Media Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I have married twice, and my sister three times. None of us set out for this. We meant to stick our landing on the first try, but we stumbled. My parents divorced when I was five, and my mother married Darrell when I was twentyseven. #2 The Three Fathers died in the order in which my mother had married them, and they died in the inverse order of their health. My father went first, even though he had made a religion of the elliptical trainer, the treadmill, and the NordicTrack. He spent four slow years dying of a neurological disease called progressive supranuclear palsy. #3 My father had grown up the third of seven children. He was born in 1931, the first of the Patchetts to have been born in America. His parents left England to find work in California, and after a long stretch of nothing, his father landed a job as a machinist at Columbia Pictures. #4 My father, as a writer, believed that childhood development rested on the ability to play volleyball. He wanted me to be athletic, join clubs, and start clubs. But I believed I would be a writer, and he didn’t understand that.

Author : Peggy Harris
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781600340376

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Overshadowed by His Wings by Peggy Harris Pdf

"Overshadowed By His Wings" A book of inspiration and miracles for "Such a Time As This" makes an excellent gift for all ages. Buy your copies today!

Author : Frank Annese
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781664175846

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Believers on a Balance Beam by Frank Annese Pdf

It is a life that is second-to-none, with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Yet, there are also trials, difficulties, decisions and obstacles which believers face on an almost daily basis. Believers on a Balance Beam between Here and Heaven, is an honest, Biblically based comprehensive look at the Christian life and experiences. Believers in Christ know that this life on earth is just a dress rehearsal for the wedding which will take place when they see Jesus Christ, the One they’ve waited their whole Christian life to see. In the author’s own style, he takes a sincere look at God’s word, and writes about the eternal importance of believers living for their final exam and evaluation at the judgment seat of Christ. It is the author’s prayer that believers’ who read this book would realize in a powerful way the significance of who they are in-Christ, and would want others to have that same experience of the assurance of life forever in heaven.

Author : Christopher Andersen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476732343

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These Few Precious Days by Christopher Andersen Pdf

“Christopher Andersen has a real track record when it comes to celebrity bios.…He looks at Jack and Jackie Kennedy during their final year, pondering aloud whether after all the triumphs and betrayals they still loved each other” (Library Journal­). They were the original power couple—outlandishly rich, impossibly attractive, and endlessly fascinating. Now, in this rare, behind-the-scenes portrait of the Kennedys in their final year together, #1 New York Times bestselling biographer Christopher Andersen shows us a side of JFK and Jackie that we’ve never seen before. Tender, intimate, complex, and, at times, explosive, theirs is a love story unlike any other—filled with secrets, scandals, and bombshells that could never be fully revealed until now.

Author : John Keble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Ascension Day sermons
ISBN : NLS:V000604157

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Sermons for Easter to Ascension Day by John Keble Pdf

Author : Thomas Sherman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590906762

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Divine breathings: or, A pious soul thirsting after Christ, in a hundred pathetical meditations [by T. Sherman]. Repr. of the 15th ed by Thomas Sherman Pdf

Author : John Keble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Sermons, English
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4W6D

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Sermons for the Christian Year by John Keble Pdf

Author : John Keble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Church year sermons
ISBN : IOWA:31858042750657

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Sermons for the Christian Year: Sermons for Lent to Passiontide by John Keble Pdf

Author : DONALD MACLEOD, D.D
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010375228

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GOOD WORDS by DONALD MACLEOD, D.D Pdf

Author : William Edward Heygate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000593158

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The Good Shepherd, Or Meditations for the Clergy, Upon the Example and Teaching of Christ by William Edward Heygate Pdf

Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HW1Y5H

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The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle Pdf

Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4713412

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Critical and miscellaneous essays by Thomas Carlyle Pdf