Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - These Precious Days

God, Ann Patchett's writing is a treasure. The title essay made me cry (how lucky was she to have a friend in Sooki, how lucky are we to bear witness to their friendship!). I already want to read it again.

Recommend, recommend, recommend.

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I don't know how to review this book to show how much I loved it. Ann Patchett's writing is amazing and I want to read all her books. Also, she is just an awesome person and I want to be her friend, honestly reading these essays made me feel like I was having a conversation with a friend. The essays are about a variety of things, her life, friendship, reflecting during the pandemic, being an author and bookstore owner, and even about deciding not to have children (that essay was so powerful). My favorite essays were: Three Fathers, There are no children here, My year of no shopping, and These Precious Days.

What I love the most was the writing, it is easy to read but so beautiful, I'm not sure how to explain it. You can feel the connection to her through her writing and I loved it. There is an essay about book covers that explains the cover of the book (which I'm obsessed with) and I didn't realize the back is also a different cover until I read that essay.

One of the essays included in the book was published on Harper's magazine. You can read it to see if it is something you'd be interested in. That was one of my favorite essays included in the book. I can't recommend this book enough.

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