The Resource Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
- Summary
- One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 9 audio discs (10 hrs., 30 min.)
- Note
- Compact disc
- Isbn
- 9780062561725
- Label
- Commonwealth
- Title
- Commonwealth
- Statement of responsibility
- Ann Patchett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another
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- Title
- Commonwealth
- Summary
- The Cousins and the Keatings are two California families forever intertwined and permanently shattered by infidelity. Bert Cousins leaves his wife for Beverly Keating, leaving her to raise four children on her own. Beverly, with two children of her own, leaves her husband for Bert. The six children involved are forced to forge a childhood bond based on the combined disappointment in their parents. As adults, they find their families’ stories revealed in a way they couldn’t possibly expect. Patchett has written a family drama that perfectly captures both the absurdity and the heartbreak of domestic life. -- Michael Colford for LibraryReads
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10531574
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PS3566.A7756
- LC item number
- C66 2016ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- PerformerNote
- Performed by Hope Davis
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Ann Patchet
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
- Note
- Compact disc
- Related Subjects
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- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Blended families
- Family secrets
- Virginia
- Men/women relations
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Stepbrothers and stepsisters
- Family relationships
- Extramarital relations
- Loss (Psychology)
- Family history
- Family sagas
- California
- Families -- Fiction
- Audiobooks
- Domestic fiction
- Multiple perspectives
- Authors
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
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- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 9 audio discs (10 hrs., 30 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780062561725
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- s
- Note
- cat13
- Other physical details
- digital, CD audio
- Publisher number
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- UACD 7094(9)
- 60c3bs
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
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- ocn954570309
- (OCoLC)954570309
- 1364844
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Audiobooks
- Domestic fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Authors
- Blended families
- California
- Extramarital relations
- Family history
- Family relationships
- Family sagas
- Family secrets
- Loss (Psychology)
- Men/women relations
- Multiple perspectives
- Stepbrothers and stepsisters
- Virginia
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