A review by misslezlee
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett

4.0

I couldn’t keep the ex-wives straight in this five decade spanning family drama. In fact, apart from the first section which sets up the story that follows, all the adults were hazy figures. But that was ok because it’s really about the six children (two from one marriage, four from the other) and how they cope when their lives are upturned not once, but twice. Three times if you count the result of Franny’s relationship with a famous author.

There’s a lot that goes untold and the reader has to piece together the fragments quite a bit. But that doesn’t detract from the narrative at all. I waited a long time for this novel to become available at my library and it didn’t disappoint.