by Ann Patchett
The saying "Gin makes you sin" sure plays a role in Ann Patchett's latest novel Commonwealth.A novel about Family dynamics after marriages end and new relationships form and the fallout that folks have to deal with.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating...
3.5 starsThis story switches around between different time periods within the lives of the members of the two families. It actually took me a little time and effort to get it straight who was related by blood because they are all so connected that it's really like one big family. There are divorce...
Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, author; Hope Davis, narrator Sometimes, a cataclysmic event is preceded by the most unlikely circumstances. The auspicious day that this occurred was the occasion of the christening of Franny Keating. Fix Keating’s house was filled with family, a family populated by polic...
A special thank you to Edelweiss and HarperCollins Canada for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.A chance encounter at a christening party for Franny Keating, ignites a spark between the hostess and an uninvited guest that puts in motion a chain of events that will span five decades and forever...
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