These Precious Days

 

These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett. New York: HarperCollins, 2021. (Large Print) 424 pages. *****

I received These Precious Days as my March read for The Colony of Readers in the Book Hive Book Club. It came in the Large Print Edition which was perfect for me to breeze through it. The Essays are well-written and from the heart. Ann Patchett has a gift for self-analysis and the ability to see her relationships through the lens of self-awareness. 

I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of her essays and highly recommend this book for Book Clubs. I envision a lively discussion of which essay is a favorite and why. 

Three Fathers touched me and reinforced the notion if only we could take the best of people and fashion them into one. Each of her mother's three husbands fulfilled a role in Ann's life to support and love her. 

In There Are No Children Here Ann points out the idiocy of the notion she can't be a real writer until she has children. " Ann was told, "Because until you have children, you don't know what it means to love." 

I was most impressed by the fact that in The Moment Nothing Changed, Ann mentions that she turns her cell phone on about ten times a year.  What? How? Definitely makes me rethink my cell phone habits. 

If you are looking for an entertaining, pick up and put down read, this book has it all!

Ann Patchett is the author of eight novels, four works of nonfiction, and two children's books. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. Time magazine names her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the co-owner of Parnassus Books. 

For more information on Ann:  http://www.annpatchett.com/about

Follow me on IG flamazing_books

#bookstagram #thesepreciousdays