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These Precious Days
2021 essay collection by Ann Patchett From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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These Precious Days is a 2021 essay collection by American writer Ann Patchett. It received “rave” reviews and became a New York Times best seller.
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Publication
These Precious Days was published on November 23, 2021, by Harper.[1] The 336-page collection contains 24 essays, some previously published but revised for the collection.[2]
Contents
The essays range in subject, but often consider relationships in Patchett's personal and professional life, including with her father and stepfathers; her decision not to have children; the close friendship she develops in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic with Tom Hanks' assistant Sooki Raphael. Patchett's life as a writer, from her earliest grade school writing, through college and graduate school, magazine writing, novels and ultimately selling books at her Nashville independent bookstore Parnassus, is woven throughout.
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Reception
Publishers Weekly gave These Precious Days a starred review, calling it “eloquent” and saying Patchett writes “poignantly—and often with wry humor”.[1] In The New York Times, Alex Witchel called the collection “excellent”, saying “Patchett’s heart, smarts and 40 years of craft create an economy that delivers her perfectly understated stories emotionally whole.”[3] In The Washington Post, Michele Filgate praised Patchett's “welcoming and comforting” prose.[2]
On December 12, 2021, These Precious Days made The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction,[4] and has remained on it through January 2, 2022.[5] Former US president Barack Obama named it to his list of favorite books he read in 2021.[6]
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