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by: Ann Patchett See Larger Image List Price: $13.95 Our Price: $11.99 You Save: $1.96 (14%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $3.02 Collectible Price: $29.99 Third Party New Price: $7.43 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780061339219 ISBN: 0061339210 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: September 04, 2007 Sales Rank: 10512 Studio: Harper Perennial Related Items: The Magician's Assistant Run: A Novel Bel Canto (P.S.) Taft: A Novel (P.S.) Truth & Beauty: A Friendship see more Editorial Review: Product Description: St. Elizabeth's is a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s. Life there is not unpleasant, and for most, it is temporary. Not so for Rose, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed. She plans to give up her baby because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. But St. Elizabeth's is near a healing spring, and when Rose's time draws near, she cannot go through with her plans, not all of them. And she cannot remain forever untouched by what she has left behind . . . and who she has become in the leaving. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Great Read I agree with all the reviewers who rated it a 4 or 5. It's like a really good movie (usually foreign). I keep thinking about it and thinking about it (finished it last night) and I don't want to read anything else because it will spoil how I'm feeling. There is a depth to this novel that is hard to find in an American novel these days. Ann Patchett does not answer every question. You actually get to think. Ms. Patchett takes you into the minds and bodies of her characters almost immediately and keeps ... Read More Rating: - Another author to add to the list This was my first Ann Patchett novel and I do have to say that I loved it. This book was magically written with a story line that was so unique compared to other novels that I have read lately. Rose is a hung woman, pregnant for the first time, who feels that she no longer loves her husband, and leaves town one afternoon never to return. Her destination is a the small town of Habit, KY, where St Elizabeth's, a home for unwed mothers in located, in a grand hotel near the place where a natural healing spring ... Read More Rating: - If I could give it a zero, I would. I could write many lines about how much I disliked this novel, but I would be taking up too much of your time. I really did not care for the writing style. It seemed way too slow for me. Rating: - ....as compelling as her other work! I still have a couple of disks to go, but am as entralled as ever with Ann Patchett's writing. Her descriptive powers are amazing and I have almost instant empathy with her characters. The only piece of hers I have not yet read or listened to is "What Now?" and I have purchased that, too. I can't wait to get in my car so I can get back into the story. Rating: - A treat... This book is beautifully written and incredibly thoughtful. I think it's interesting how I was able to go from feeling close to the narrator, Rose, to feeling disdain for her once Cecelia took over the narration. I love most of Ann Patchett's books, but this is my favorite (to date!). see more Browse for similar items by category: Qualifying Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS Literature & Fiction - Subjects - Books - Contemporary Literature & Fiction - Subjects - Books - General AAS Paperback Trade