These precious days [large print] : essays Ann Patchett.
In this collection of essays, Patchett turns her writer's eye on her own experiences and transforms the private into the universal, providing us all a way to look at our own worlds anew.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063118034
- ISBN: 0063118033
- Physical Description: 424 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction: essays don't die -- Three fathers -- First Thanksgiving -- The Paris tattoo -- My year of no shopping -- The worthless servant -- How to practice -- To the doghouse -- Eudora Welty, an introduction -- Flight plan -- How knitting saved my life. Twice. -- Tavia -- There are no children here -- A paper ticket is good for one year -- The moment nothing changed -- The nightstand -- A talk to the Association of Graduate School Deans in the Humanities -- Cover stories -- Reading Kate DiCamillo -- Sisters -- These precious days -- Two more things I want to say about my father -- What the American Academy of Arts and Letters taught me about death -- Epilogue: a day at the beach.
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Autobiographies.
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- 12 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | L.P. 814.54 PAT (Text) | 33114018442319 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | LP 814 PATCH (Text) | 34208400009287 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | LP 814 PAT (Text) | 31250200081699 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | LP 814.54 PAT (Text) | 0020513321321 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Eden Library | LP 814.54 P (Text) | 31554010828670 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | LP 814.54 PAT (Text) | 0020513202695 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 814.54 P (Text) | 33258009529046 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | LP 814.54 PATCHETT (Text) | 33262003274949 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Marion Library | LP 814.6 PAT (Text) | 37810435535710 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mocksville | L 814.54 PATCHETT (Text) | 39872001971503 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
