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The patron saint of liars / Ann Patchett.
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]
- Copyright: ©1992
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. |
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| Subject: | Unmarried mothers > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Nuns > Fiction. Kentucky > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Coming-of-age fiction. |
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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 |
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The Patron Saint of Liars : A Novel
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The Patron Saint of Liars : A Novel
A New York Times Notable Book Acclaimed author Ann Patchett's debut novel, hailed as "beautifully written . . . a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion" (Boston Herald) St. Elizabeth's, a home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky, usually harbors its residents for only a little while. Not so Rose Clinton, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed, and stays. She plans to give up her child, thinking she cannot be the mother it needs. But when Cecilia is born, Rose makes a place for herself and her daughter amid St. Elizabeth's extended family of nuns and an ever-changing collection of pregnant teenage girls. Rose's past won't be kept away, though, even by St. Elizabeth's; she cannot remain untouched by what she has left behind, even as she cannot change who she has become in the leaving.
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