The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
Taste attributes: dramafamilyrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeGrounded and emotional: a novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Ann Patchett
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 352
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- Open Library
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