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In an interview with The New York Times, Ann Patchett discusses her new novel, bookstore secrets, and Wilder’s Our Town.
Her new novel, Tom Lake, is set in northern Michigan during the early days of pandemic lockdown, and centers on a mother telling her grown daughters about the summer fling she had in her youth with an actor who went on to become a big star. In the interview, Patchett discusses life as a bookseller (she owns the store Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn.) and talks about Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town as a touchstone for her novel, among other topics.
Visit The New York Times website to read the interview. (Please note that only New York Times’ subscribers will generally be able to read the interview.)