Ann Patchett
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's about the death of her two sons.
And it is the most beautiful, true, honest book about what it means to love someone and to accept their choices.
Thank you so much.
Yes, in fact, you have to read a long way to understand
discover why there's a horse on the cover.
But I like to think it keeps the reader engaged.
What's with the horse, they keep saying to themselves.
It is a beautiful painting, and it was done by my friend Noah Satterstrom here in Nashville, who did the cover for The Dutch House.
And I own both of those paintings.
They are hanging in my house.
But he's a really, really good friend.
And I called him up and I was like, hey, I need a horse that's looking straight ahead at the viewer.
And he said, their eyes are on the side of their head.
Horses don't look straight ahead.
I was like, make it work.
I need a horse.
So Daphne is with her husband, Jonathan, and Jonathan says, oh, you know, some guy is looking at you.
It's an old guy looking at you.