Tom Lake (Reese’s Book Club Pick)

Tom Lake (Reese’s Book Club Pick)

Author: Ann Patchett Listening Length: 11h 22m
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the familys orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the pas...

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It had been my plan to go back to New Hampshire to see my grandmother after I left New York, but there wasn’t time for that now.

The original Emily—-you haven’t heard of her; her moment was brief and came to nothing—-was already gone.

I flew to Detroit and took a commuter plane to Traverse City.

The Executive Director of Tom Lake drove the hour and a half north to collect me from the airport, which made about as much sense as Ripley sending a limo.