Review: Commonwealth

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I mean, I just adore Ann Patchett. She writes such rich characters and puts them in such impossible situations. In this book, a set of step-siblings who spend summers together encounter tragedy together, which they each bury in their minds. However, as an adult, one of them falls in love with an author and tells him the story - which becomes the basis for his bestseller. This book spans many decades and several generations, from the affair that breaks up a first marriage to the children and grandchildren who come after. I got lost in this book - in a good way.

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