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001			62116
003			DLC
005			20250828065510.0
008			160812s2016 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2016028804
020			_a9780062491794 (hbk.)
020			_a0062491792 (hbk.) _z9780062566874 (large print)
035			_a(OCoLC)932576291
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dTnLvILS _erda
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aPS3566.A7756 _bC66 2016
082	0	0	_a813/.54 _223
100	1		_aPatchett, Ann. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCommonwealth: A Novel _cAnn Patchett
250			_aFirst edition
264		1	_aNew York _bHarper _c2016
300			_a322 pages _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"The acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. 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. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFamily secrets _vFiction
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction
650		7	_aFICTION / Family Life _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / Coming of Age. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / Literary _2bisacsh
655		7	_aDomestic fiction _2lcgft
776	0	8	_aPatchett, Ann, author. _bFirst edition. _dNew York : Harper, [2016] _iOnline version: _tCommonwealth _w(DLC) 2016037734 _z9780062491817
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