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The patron saint of liars / Ann Patchett.

Patchett, Ann, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780547520209
  • ISBN: 0547520204
  • Physical Description: 392 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Mariner books edition.
  • Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2011]

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:
Rose, married for three years, decides she has made a mistake and leaves her husband, traveling from California to Kentucky to take up residence in a home for unwed mothers where she plans to have her baby and give it up for adoption, but she soon discovers life still holds some surprises.
Subject: Unmarried mothers > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Nuns > Fiction.
Kentucky > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans. Coming-of-age fiction.

Available copies

  • 0 of 2 copies available at GRPL.

Holds

1 current hold with 2 total copies.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main Fiction Patchett (Text) 31307025832868 Fiction Checked out 08/02/2025
West Leonard Fiction Patchett (Text) 31307025832850 Fiction Checked out 07/22/2025

Syndetic Solutions - Author Notes for ISBN Number 9780547520209
The Patron Saint of Liars : A Novel
The Patron Saint of Liars : A Novel
by Patchett, Ann
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Author Notes

The Patron Saint of Liars : A Novel

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. (Bowker Author Biography)


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