Ann Patchett

3 books on BookJumpr, mentioned 1 time in other books.

Books by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House on The Turn of the Screw: “Maeve had a stack of Henry James novels on her bedside table. The Turn of the Screw? Was that what they wanted?”
The Dutch House on The Tale of Genji: “The Makioka Sisters was her reward for having finished The Tale of Genji”
The Dutch House on The Makioka Sisters: “The Makioka Sisters was her reward for having finished The Tale of Genji”
The Dutch House on Necessities of Life: “pulling out a slim volume of poetry by Adrienne Rich called Necessities of Life”
The Dutch House on The Carrot Seed: “read The Carrot Seed a million times in a voice of animated engagement: 'A little boy planted a carrot seed.'”
The Dutch House on Housekeeping: “talking about some novel they'd both read called Housekeeping which each of them claimed had been her favorite book”
Whistler on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: “"I only ask to live another hundred years so that your memory will remain with me that much longer" (epigraph)”
Whistler on Harriet the Spy: “I was directed to read her Harriet the Spy and play Go Fish”
Whistler on Charlotte's Web: “her paperback copy of Charlotte's Web”
Whistler on The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea: “Did you ever read that Mishima novel, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea?”