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A review by anisyrah
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The audiobook for Tom Lake is narrated by Meryl Streep, meaning this book is as if Donna from Mamma Mia is telling the March sisters from Little Women about her short-lived acting career and the boy she fell in love with.
Yes, it’s that good.
I laughed, I cried, and I felt like a fourth daughter listening to Lara’s incredible stories. The interconnectedness of this old tale told on a Michigan cherry farm during the height of the pandemic explores not just a young girl’s first love, but the importance of love, loss, and family during the most mundane of times and the most dire.
I wish I could hear this story for the first time again. Meryl absolutely deserves a Grammy for her narration. If you’ve even thought about reading it? Please, please do.
Yes, it’s that good.
I laughed, I cried, and I felt like a fourth daughter listening to Lara’s incredible stories. The interconnectedness of this old tale told on a Michigan cherry farm during the height of the pandemic explores not just a young girl’s first love, but the importance of love, loss, and family during the most mundane of times and the most dire.
I wish I could hear this story for the first time again. Meryl absolutely deserves a Grammy for her narration. If you’ve even thought about reading it? Please, please do.