![]() ![]() Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. ![]() His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. The Dutch Houseis the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are. Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeNew York TimesBestseller |A Read with JennaTodayShow Book Club Pick |ANew York Times Book ReviewNotable Book |TIMEMagazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR,TheWashington Post O: The Oprah Magazine,Real Simple,Good Housekeeping, Vogue,Refinery29, andBuzzfeedAnn Patchett, the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofCommonwealth,delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. ![]()
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