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Tom Lake
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Tom Lake
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Publisher's Summary
THIS SUMMER, DIVE INTO TOM LAKE – A BREATH-TAKING NOVEL FROM ANN PATCHETT
This is a story about Peter Duke who went on to be a famous actor. This is a story about falling in love with Peter Duke who wasn’t famous at all. It’s about falling so wildly in love with him – the way one will at twenty-four – that it felt like jumping off a roof at midnight. There was no way to foresee the mess it would come to in the end.
It’s spring and Lara’s three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the one story they’ve always longed to hear – of the film star with whom she shared a stage, and a romance, years before.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.
Critic Reviews
‘Filled with the moments I live for in a story – careful, compelling insights into human nature, the most effortless humour, and the kind of vivid descriptions that reveal exactly how something is’ BONNIE GARMUS, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
‘Beautifully imagined, funny and tender ... Ann Patchett leads us with the intelligence, detail, wit and nuance of the greatest chroniclers of human nature and relationships’ RACHEL JOYCE, bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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- Anonymous User
- 19-08-2023
Great author, great narrator!
I always enjoy books by Ann Patchett. She gets right inside each character and really makes them come to life. I particularly enjoyed the inside look on the dynamic of a mother with children in their 20s. Having Meryl Streep narrate was wonderful. How does she move so rapidly between characters and pull them off so differently? They are so believable and it feels like it’s playing out right in front of me. Fabulous!
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- Belinda
- 22-08-2023
One of the best audio books I’ve heard
I really enjoyed this heartfelt story…what a pleasure to hear Ms Streeps wonderful narration. I didn’t want it to end.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-2023
beautiful story
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Meryl Streep reads it beautifully. Very likeable characters. Highly recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-09-2023
Faultless
I loved every second of this. Beautiful story and my favourite narration of all time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-10-2023
Meryl Streep nails this audio.
Very descriptive writing by Ann, so visual. Loved the audio by Meryl such an awesome voice
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- Anonymous User
- 13-10-2023
Loved every minute
It was such a pleasure to listen to Meryl Streep narrating this lovely story. One of my faves.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-10-2023
Great story!
Really loved & devoured Tom Lake! Fabulously read by Meryl Streep, who I could imagine her playing Lara in the movie. Love Ann Patchett’s work, great writer with descriptive landscapes & people & places. I could taste the cherries! Thank you both for your art & craftsmanship.
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- Sue Kingham
- 25-10-2023
Stunning audiobook. I didn’t want it to end
What a rich story. Fabulous characters and beautifully read by Meryl Streep. I will listen to this again.
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- Annie Wilson
- 29-10-2023
Simply stunning
A pithy tightly written gem of a book enhanced by the delightful Meryl Streep’s excellent narration with all the beautiful dramatic nuances. The listener is right there both as witness and experiencing the ups and downs of the wonderful characters.
Just fantastic!!
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- SerendipitousFind
- 04-01-2024
Brilliant narration
Meryl Streep’s narration made the characters all so vivid to me. I wonder how I would respond to the story in hardback. She, Ann Pratchett and this story are certainly a match made in heaven. I highly recommend this audiobook… and many thanks to Meryl for reading this beautiful book.
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