Bibliograph

Commonwealth, a novel, Ann Patchett

Type

Label

Commonwealth, a novel, Ann Patchett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Commonwealth

Responsibility statement

Ann Patchett

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 6.0, 17, 187916

Sub title

a novel

Summary

One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another

Target audience

adult

Classification