02616cam a2200457 i 4500 1034011411 TxAuBib 20231106120000.0 230719s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063327528 006332752X (OCoLC)1390739514 TxAuBib rda Patchett, Ann, author. Tom Lake / Ann Patchett. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] 309 p : HB ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reese's book club Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. "In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional acuity, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most acclaimed literary talents working today" -- Provided by publisher. 20231106. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Actors Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Storytelling Fiction. Theatrical companies Fiction. Reminiscing Fiction. Orchards Fiction. Love Fiction. Parents Fiction. Michigan Fiction. Domestic fiction. Romance fiction. fast Novels. fast Reese's book club. TXING