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CommonwealthAnn Patchett

Commonwealth

2016322 pages
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10 editions
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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 that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and…

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10 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Harper Perennial · 336 pages · 9780062491831
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Harper · 336 pages · 9780062666437
  • Hardcover · English · 2016
    Harper · 9780062572127
  • Other · English · 2020
    HarperCollins Publishers · 368 pages · 9780063037625
  • Other · English · 2017
    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 336 pages · 9781408885307
  • Other · English · 2017
    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781408880364
FICTION / Family LifeFamily secretsFictionFICTION / Coming of AgeFICTION / LiteraryNew York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedFiction, family life, general