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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The Book Show · Why joy matters in Ann Patchett's Whistler · 31 May 2026 podcast

And she couldn't find him.

There was nothing she could do.

And I just don't think...

she would grow up and think, well, now I have a computer.

Let me see if I could find him.

She's still thinking with her child's brain, this is the way it is.

So anyway, I'm sorry, she's thrilled.

She's thrilled to see Eddie.

And Eddie is thrilled to see her.

And right from the start, they decide,

They are going to be great friends.

I am interested in family.

And I had a great, big, sprawling, messy family when I was growing up.

And in ways it was awful.

And in ways it was fantastic.

Lots and lots of different people coming in and out.

So I think it's not that

the idea of what constitutes a family necessarily needs to be expanded because I think it's pretty huge at this point.

But yes, a stepmother isn't always bad.

A stepfather isn't always bad.

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