A review by happiestwhenreading
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
5.0
This book made my heart swoon. It was perfection - as many have come to expect from Ann Patchett. She crafts stories so well - books that you become immersed in, where you genuinely care about and connect with the characters, and where it feels like you’re saying goodbye to a friend when you read the last page.
I know NOTHING about the theatrical production of Tom Lake, but I don’t feel like it took away from my reading experience at all. For me, the heart of this book is in the characters and Patchett’s writing style and not the Tom Laje connection.
Maybe it’s my age -a middle-aged mom (44) with older children (16 and 18) - but I LOVED exploring motherhood at this stage. So many books are set in the younger years when children are much more needy and things feel much more chaotic. But with the COVID background (something I usually hate in books, but absolutely loved in this one), this story turned into such a beautiful exploration and reflection of a woman’s life before her children. I loved seeing how this summer shaped Lara and her life to come. I loved the slow revelations and I loved Lara’s husband.
This book is absolute perfection…and just might be my favorite book of the year!
I know NOTHING about the theatrical production of Tom Lake, but I don’t feel like it took away from my reading experience at all. For me, the heart of this book is in the characters and Patchett’s writing style and not the Tom Laje connection.
Maybe it’s my age -a middle-aged mom (44) with older children (16 and 18) - but I LOVED exploring motherhood at this stage. So many books are set in the younger years when children are much more needy and things feel much more chaotic. But with the COVID background (something I usually hate in books, but absolutely loved in this one), this story turned into such a beautiful exploration and reflection of a woman’s life before her children. I loved seeing how this summer shaped Lara and her life to come. I loved the slow revelations and I loved Lara’s husband.
This book is absolute perfection…and just might be my favorite book of the year!