Harvard Book Store welcomes PEN/Faulkner Award winner Ann Patchett for a reading from her latest novel, Commonwealth, the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.
“. . . a funny, sad, and ultimately heart-wrenching family portrait . . . Patchett elegantly manages a varied cast of characters . . . [Patchett is] at her peak in humor, humanity, and understanding people in challenging situations.” —Publishers Weekly
Tickets to this event are $5 each and can be used toward the purchase of a book.
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.