Commonwealth : a novel

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Label

Commonwealth : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Ann Patchett

Creator

• truePatchett, Ann
• Patchett, Ann

Author

• Patchett, Ann

Subject

• trueVirginia
• trueAuthors
• trueBlended families
• trueCalifornia
• Domestic fiction
• trueExtramarital affairs
• FICTION / Coming of Age
• FICTION / Family Life
• FICTION / Literary
• trueFamily history
• trueFamily relationships
• trueFamily sagas
• trueFamily secrets
• Family secrets -- Fiction
• trueLoss (Psychology)
• trueMen/women relations
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueStepbrothers and stepsisters

Genre

• trueMultiple perspectives
• Fiction
• trueFamily sagas
• trueDomestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• "Commonwealth is the story of two broken families and the paths their lives take over the course of 40 years, through love and marriage, death and divorce, and a dark secret from childhood that lies underneath it all"--
• "A five-decade saga tracing the impact of an act of infidelity on the parents and children of two-Southern California families traces their shared summers in Virginia and the disillusionment that shapes their lasting bond."--Baker & Taylor

Storyline

• trueSweeping

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueSardonic

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueSpare

Character

• trueLarge cast of characters

Award

• Australian Book Industry Awards, International Book of the Year, 2017.
• LibraryReads Favorites, 2016.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2016

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3566.A7756

LC item number

C66 2016

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult