Audiobook performed by Tom Hanks
Pulitzer Prize Finalist | New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the Year
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and Buzzfeed
From Ann Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, comes a powerful, 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. The Dutch House is 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.
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. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.
The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures.
Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they’ve lost with humor and rage. But when at last they’re forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.
© 2019 HarperAudio (Äänikirja): 9780062963703
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 24. syyskuuta 2019
Audiobook performed by Tom Hanks
Pulitzer Prize Finalist | New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the Year
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and Buzzfeed
From Ann Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, comes a powerful, 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. The Dutch House is 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.
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. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.
The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures.
Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they’ve lost with humor and rage. But when at last they’re forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.
© 2019 HarperAudio (Äänikirja): 9780062963703
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 24. syyskuuta 2019
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Anu
13. helmik. 2022
Miellyttävä kuuntelukokemus. Tarina vei mukanaan! Nautittava!
S
4. tammik. 2021
Ihana tarina. Rentouttava kuunneltava.
Jenni
30. toukok. 2022
I listened this as an audio book, read by Tom Hanks. I cannot but wonder how much the awesome reading had to do with my review.. the story was nice, the characters mostly likeble, the bond between the sister and brother incredible, but still, was it Tom Hanks who blew life to it?
Irma
24. helmik. 2023
Lämmin tarina, hyvä lukija, ihana kuuntelukokemus ❤️
Nina
15. kesäk. 2022
The beginning was slow, the middle semi-interesting and the end boring. Blah.
Mystery
17. huhtik. 2021
Great story and the reader was AMAZING!!
Anna
2. kesäk. 2022
Aivan upea kirja ❤️ ja Tom Hanks lukijana huikean ihana!
E
31. heinäk. 2022
Ihana lukija, todella hyvä ja eläytyvä!
Petti
11. heinäk. 2022
Really boring book without a storyline. Well written, though, and Tom Hanks as the reader was great.
Salla
5. tammik. 2024
Fantastinen, lämmin, humaani perheromaani. Tom Hanks on upea lukija.
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