The Dutch House

Next, dive into TOM LAKE ¿ the breath-taking newest novel from Ann PatchettLose 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¿ GuardianNominated for the Women¿s Prize 2020A 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. We pretended that what we had lost had been taken from us by the person who still lived inside.In the economic boom following the Second World War, Cyril Conroy''s real estate investments take his family from poverty to enormous wealth. With it he buys the Dutch House, a lavish mansion in the Philadelphia suburbs. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyon