Ann Patchett This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Ann Patchett's Story of a Happy Marriage

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 6, 2013

Ann Patchett examines her deepest commitments—to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband. She creates a portrait of a life in This is the Story of a Happy Marriage that begins with her childhood, covers disastrous early marriage, a later happy one, and examines her relationships with family and friends and the joy of writing.

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