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The patron saint of liars, Ann Patchett

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The patron saint of liars, Ann Patchett
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The patron saint of liars
Responsibility statement
Ann Patchett
Summary
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
Target audience
adult
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