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

You have one sister.

You've got to be there for each other.

You are not allowed to hate each other.

And we were like, but we do.

We do hate each other.

And then we got through it.

But it took half of our life to get through it.

It's really true.

And it was my sister's responsibility to be angry about the circumstances of our life.

And I look back and think, oh, wow, there was a lot to be angry about.

But because she was angry, I didn't have to be angry.

And because she was angry and I never was angry, everybody liked me best.

And it wasn't fair.

If she hadn't been in a rage about what had happened, I would have had to have been in a rage and then they wouldn't have liked me.

My sister really carried the heavy load.

I mean, well, here you go.

Here's a great example.

When we were children, my sister and I were in a terrible car accident.

And my sister was in the front seat and I was in the back seat and we were hit by a drunk driver.

And my sister was terribly, terribly hurt.

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