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TheEllieMo
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Panpan

I was expecting a feelgood story about mother-daughter relationships and “found family”, but what I got was a woman who sees ghosts, superficial relationships and a confused and confusing story. This one wasn‘t for me, sadly.

Book 47/60 Page 15,811/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#LetterQ #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

ChaoticMissAdventures Too bad, the cover is fantastic. 2d
TheEllieMo @ChaoticMissAdventures the cover definitely drew me to this one! 2d
DieAReader 👋🏻 #Next 2d
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LadyCait84
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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Pickpick

Even if most don‘t include a romance with a future Hollywood star, I think every family has their own lore — those colorful stories that hint at who the parents were *before* …or who they might have been had things gone just a little bit differently.

In this novel, Lara‘s trip down memory lane to clarify her lore for her 3 adult daughters made for a charming read.

(Plus Patchett absolutely nailed the behind-the-scenes drama of summer theater.)

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TheBookgeekFrau
Lost and Found: A Novel | Carolyn Parkhurst
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 💛 🦜 1w
Eggs Beautiful💚🩷💛 1w
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DebbieGrillo
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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Pickpick

A captivating story that shows the reality of show business through one young actress' experience and early retirement. And her beautiful and ordinary family life that follows, told to her adult daughters during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The audiobook, performed by Meryl Streep was a masterpiece.

TheLudicReader Did you hear Ann Patchett is going to Fogo Island this summer? My daughter's boyfriend is leaving this weekend to go work at the resort for the season and I am so jealous. 2w
mcctrish @TheLudicReader Fogo Island is on my bucket list 2w
ShelleyBooksie What!!! That is super cool @TheLudicReader 2w
sarahbarnes Agreed - the audio was so good! 2w
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BoleyBooks
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
#boleybooks #tomlake #AnnPatchett #bookbeast #novel #bookbuds #bookclub #letsread

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BookNAround
Daughters of Shandong | Eve J. Chung
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Going to start this one for book club.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 4w
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Karisimo
Throwback | Maurene Goo
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#bibliophile #timetravel This a fun YA mother-daughter story! Also works for #asianauthor

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 1mo
Eggs Fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻 4w
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Bec_lectic
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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I think this is my second dud from Reese‘s Book Club. This book was written well but just boring. Soooo boring. Set during Covid with all her daughters home, a mother decides to tell her girls her life story and all her glory playing Emily in Our Town. I think I made it 100 pages in and was just over Our Town at that point. I would definitely try this author again but just couldn‘t get through this one. #hailtothebail

Bklover I enjoyed this one; however, I think that‘s just because I listened to audio and Meryl Streep read it to me 😉😊 1mo
TheLudicReader Too bad. I loved it, but I haven't met a Patchett I haven't loved so 🤷‍♀️. 1mo
Bec_lectic @Bklover if I could listen to audio books I would love to try that but my attention span does not allow me 😂 4w
Bec_lectic @TheLucidReader I have a few others of hers on my shelf so I‘m not giving up on her! (edited) 4w
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sarahbarnes
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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After loving The Dutch House on audio with Tom Hanks, @Billypar let me know that Meryl Streep is the narrator of Tom Lake and I had to listen. I loved the story of mothers and daughters and how we become disillusioned about what we believed to be true or important in our youth. The book portrays their relationships as adults as they look back on the past, experience the present and look toward the future. The pandemic is there but subtle.

Lesliereadsalot I loved this one too! 1mo
Reggie I loved this book soooo much. It was one of the first books I read last year and it beat all the books after it as my favorite of the year. I still think about Emily and how she was the hard daughter, and the reasoning for her decision to not have kids. Glad you liked it. 1mo
sarahbarnes @reggie I couldn‘t agree more! That was such a moment in the book - when she told everyone that. So glad to know you loved it too. I‘m glad I finally got to it. 1mo
youneverarrived Fab review! I‘ll definitely go the audio route with Meryl Streep narrating. 4w
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