Ann Patchett: The Dutch House: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020 (Bloomsbury Publishing) [2020] paperback Condition:Good hoping to find more liberty

hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there

nail-biting mission that sees her trapped in one of the city's tallest buildings during a blackout

with its quirky concern with human nature

English is more than the accidental 'home in exile' - it is the language she may have been close to from the very beginning

With Ollie's life unravelling rapidly

Ann Patchett: The Dutch House: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020 (Bloomsbury Publishing) [2020] paperback Condition:Good hoping to find more libertyLose yourself in the story of a lifetime the unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller 'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature' Guardian Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020 A STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CAN'T LET GO. Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns. We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our mother, not our father.