Pachett’s storytelling is so effortless that she pulls you into what seems to be a simple family tale that keeps expanding.
I don’t care to read any pandemic books, but here, Patchett uses the pandemic to bring a family together, so real stories from the past, all revolving around multiple productions of Our Town, are finally revealed.
I love that not much happens in this book—and everything happens. Read it, and you’ll see what I mean.
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'This comforting summer read has it all ... Young love, sibling rivalry and deep mother-daughter relationships' REESE WITHERSPOON
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'One of the most beloved authors of her generation' SUNDAY TIMES
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Dewitt’s book is a rethinking of the classic Western. It is ugly, violent, romantic, and hilarious almost at the same time. I loved the interplay between Charlie and Eli Sisters, hired killers heading off on what may be “one last job.”
I love books where you start on the surface of characters, but their true selves are revealed through dialogue and their actions. Like a good writer should, Dewitt flips things on their head—who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys?
I strive for this in writing novels—flipping genre cliches on their heads and letting characters—flaws and all—come to life in a story that is both realistic and humorous.
Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. Across 1000 miles of Oregon desert his assassins, the notorious Eli and Charlies Sisters, ride - fighting, shooting, and drinking their way to Sacramento. But their prey isn't an easy mark, the road is long and bloody, and somewhere along the path Eli begins to question what he does for a living - and whom he does it for.
The Sisters Brothers pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable ribald tour de force. Filled with a remarkable cast of losers, cheaters, and ne'er-do-wells from…
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But Suder’s adventures, after fleeing his slump, his team, and his family, had me hanging on every new bad decision and laughing out loud, even as I realized Suder was falling into the same madness that consumed his mother.
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In 1980s Florida, an aspiring filmmaker obsessed with a B-movie scream queen flees his family’s Palm Beach mansion, teams up with an aging con man and his ambitious girlfriend, and heads to a film set in the Everglades, only to find himself mired in a swamp of competing cons and hustles.
My book is set in 1982 when America was led by a celebrity president, the phenomenal success of Friday the 13th spawned a string of slasher-film copycats, and Florida was morphing from a low-rent vacationland into a mega-state famous for sprawling theme parks, bizarre crimes, and a flourishing B-movie industry.
