Ann Patchett
speaker
1,333 appearances
9 recordings
5 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6 Sep
Ann Patchett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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she wanted to be.
He was smart.
He was bookish.
He was a books editor.
He wanted to be a writer.
She wanted to be a writer.
He took her seriously.
She just loved him.
And any time they got to spend any time together was a really happy time.
And then when Abigail's mother divorced Eddie, she didn't just divorce him, she banished him from their lives.
And
He wasn't allowed to have any contact with Daphne or her sister, Lita.
And since this was a pre-internet age, pre-cell phones, you know, when you're nine years old and your mother says, he's gone, you're never going to see him again.
That's true.
You just, he's gone.
And after a while you stop looking.
Right.
And I think that what's so important is the divorce was such a trauma for her.
It was so sad.
It was so terrible.
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