Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023--San Antonio
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is a slow-reveal novel. A woman in her late 50s finally tells her 3 adult daughters the story of her younger years when she was an actress, had a 3-month affair with an actor who became famous, how she met her husband (their father), and how the actor and his brother remained occasionally intertwined with her life. It has been a very popular novel since it was released last month. I had to wait about 8 weeks to get it from the library using Libby for my Kindle. It's a fascinating story with the two main characters (the mother and the actor) going their separate ways and what it means in terms of their happiness. Plus, the slow-reveal aspect means that new twists occur every few pages. I gave the book 4 1/2 stars out of 5.
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