The Dutch House: A Novel
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Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR,ย Theย Washington Post;ย O: The Oprah Magazine,ย Real Simple,ย Good Housekeeping, Vogue,ย Refinery29, andย Buzzfeed
From Ann Patchett, the #1ย New York Timesย bestselling author ofย Commonwealth,ย comes a powerful, richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.ย The Dutch Houseย is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.
The story is told by Cyrilโs son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures.
Set over the course of five decades,ย The Dutch Houseย is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when theyโre together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what theyโve lost with humor and rage. But when at last theyโre forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.
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Ann Patchett is the author of novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake, works of nonfiction, and children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women's Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.
