These Precious Days: Essays

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At her sister's wedding, Ann realized all three of the men, who were never together for obvious reasons, would be in the same place at the same time.

I think you probably would like These Precious Days and her previous collection of essays might even be better? Even the one about flying - Flight Plan - of which I have no interest in an at all (flying in a light plane for fun? Because she didn't know any one well enough to be invited home for the long weekend, she stayed in the dorm. The pieces range from lighthearted essays about, say, her husband Karl’s adventures as a pilot, or the importance of book cover jackets, or the role knitting has played in her life. Her writing is a literary alchemy that transforms the private into the universal, inviting us to see our own worlds with a new pair of fresh eyes.

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It is a beautiful story that I will leave the magic of that relationship to unfold as one reads the book.She emphasizes staying present and finding tenderness in the past rather than becoming entangled in grief or bitterness. September Song is a pop standard written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson for the 1938 musical Knickerbocker Holiday. The essays range in subject, but often consider relationships in Patchett’s personal and professional life, including with her father and stepfathers; her decision not to have children; the close friendship she develops in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic with Tom Hanks' assistant Sooki Raphael.