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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Design Matters with Debbie Millman · Ann Patchett · 15 Jun 2026 podcast

And it wasn't until your husband, Carl, faced a potentially life-threatening issue that you changed your mind.

And you wrote this about the experience.

The fact that we came so close to missing out, missing out because of my own fear of failing, makes me think I avoided a mortal accident by the thickness of a coat of paint.

We are on this earth so incredibly small in the history of time, in the crowd of the world, we are practically invisible, not even a dot, and yet we have each other to hold on to.

That deserves a round of applause.

Yeah.

So my question is this.

What surprised you most about getting remarried?

I know.

I'd love to.

There is actually something else.

What?

Which you've said...

which when I read, I realized you might have been talking about love, but for me, you were talking about what your work does to others.

So I want to read this to you because it was something that your friend Edra had asked you when you were in the throes of your divorce.

And

At 25.

Yes.

And the question was about your first husband.

Does he make you a better person?

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