Taft

An ex-jazz drummer wants nothing more than to be a good father in this moving family novel by the New York Times -- bestselling author of The Dutch House. When his lover takes away his son, he's left only with his Beale Street, Memphis bar. He hires a young waitress named Fay Taft who brings wi...

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Main Author: Patchett, Ann (Author)
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language: English
Published: 2020.
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Summary: An ex-jazz drummer wants nothing more than to be a good father in this moving family novel by the New York Times -- bestselling author of The Dutch House. When his lover takes away his son, he's left only with his Beale Street, Memphis bar. He hires a young waitress named Fay Taft who brings with her a desperate, dangerous brother, Carl, and the possibility of new intimacy. Nickel finds himself consumed with Fay and Carl's dead father -- Taft -- obsessing over and reconstructing the life of a man he never met. A stunning artistic achievement, Taft confirms Ann Pathcett's standing as one of the most gifted writers of her generation and reminds us of our deepest instincts to protect the people we love.
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ISBN: 9780547524153
Author Notes: Ann Patchett was born on December 2, 1963. She received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002 for her novel Bel Canto. Her other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, and State of Wonder. She has also written several nonfiction works including Truth and Beauty: A Friendship, The Getaway Car, The Bookshop Strikes Back, and This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage.

Ann's title's Commonweatlth and The Patron Saint of Liars made the New York Time bestseller list.

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