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When asked to describe her book of essays, “These Precious Days,” Ann Patchett likes to say it’s “a feel-good book about death. “If they’ve read it, they usually say, ‘I see that.’” The book, which came out in hardcover in November 2021, was released in paperback this past November. “It’s a book that acknowledges something

When asked to describe her book of essays, “These Precious Days,” Ann Patchett likes to say it’s “a feel-good book about death. “If they’ve read it, they usually say, ‘I see that.’” The book, which came out in hardcover in November 2021, was released in paperback this past November. “It’s a book that acknowledges something

DORIOKO EMILY When asked to describe her book of essays, “These Precious Days,” Ann Patchett likes to say it’s “a feel-good book about death. “If they’ve read it, they usually say, ‘I see that.’” The book, which came out in hardcover in November 2021, was released in paperback this past November. “It’s a book that

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett about her latest collection of essays, These Precious Days, and how she ended up quarantining with Tom Hanks' personal assistant.