The next narrative belongs to Son, a huge man originally from Tennessee-like Rose, gone forever from home-who recounts the last moments of his fiancÇe's life long ago (Sister Evangeline absolves him of responsibility) and who loves Rose. But in the home, once a grand hotel, Rose keeps her baby, Cecilia marries ``Son,'' the handyman (``God was right after all.I was supposed to live a small life with a man I didn't love'') and becomes the cook after briefly assisting that terrible cook, sage/seeress, and font of love, Sister Evangeline. Elizabeth's home for unwed mothers, where she plans to have the baby Tom will never know about, and to give it clean away. From San Diego, then, Rose drives-``nothing behind me and nothing ahead of me''-all the way to Kentucky and St. ``Maybe I was born to lie,'' thinks Rose, who, after a three- year marriage to nice Tom Clinton, realizes that she's misread the sign from God pointing to the wedding: she married a man she didn't love. Within the security of everydayness, minds and hearts take grievous risks.

If you click 'I DO NOT AGREE' - you will not be able to access the Shop website.Patchett's first novel, set in rural Kentucky in a castle-like home for unwed mothers-where a good woman finds she cannot lie her way beyond love-has a quiet summer-morning sensibility that reminds one of the early work of Anne Tyler. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting cookies from your browser from a given end device. You can define the conditions for storing or accessing cookies in your browser.īy clicking 'I AGREE, I WANT TO GO TO THE WEBSITE' you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with your browser settings and to adjustment the content on our Shop's website to your preferences, as well as for statistical and marketing purposes, including displaying personalized (advertising) content. your device's IP address and information saved using tracking and storage technologies such as cookies, web beacons or other similar technologies.Ĭookies are using to provide services in accordance with Privacy Policy, as well as for analytical and marketing purposes, and to adjustment the content to your preferences and interests, including displaying personalized (advertising) content and for the proper functioning of the website. Our Shop and our Trusted Partners process your personal data collected on the Internet, e.g.

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