Ann Patchett

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1,333 appearances 9 recordings 5 series first heard May 2026 last heard 6 Sep

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TED Talks Daily · The art of the novel | Ann Patchett · 29 Aug 2026 podcast

I'm making this world that is very far away from my world.

I'm doing a lot of research.

In this book, I am saying, okay, Daphne has a father and two stepfathers.

So do I.

Not the same father, not the same two stepfathers, but I at least understand that dynamic, and I'm I'm gonna borrow.

That.

So there are a lot of elements that are from my life, but this is not about my life.

I think though the thing that gives the book the autobiographical feel, it's dedicated to my friend Jim Fox, who died just over two years ago on his 85th birthday.

And it

Jim is not Eddie.

I am not Daphne.

And Jim certainly was not my stepfather.

He was my lawyer.

But the love that we had and the friendship that we had is very much.

the love and the friendship that Daphne and Eddie had.

And it it really was this sense of like

I've lost one of my very best friends.

Yeah.

I still have all of this love.

Like where can I put it?

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