Another Year

by Ann Patchett

Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Ebooks

ebook

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is the novelist Jeanne Ray.

She moved to Nashville, Tennessee when she was six, where she continues to live. Patchett said she loves her home in Nashville with her doctor husband and dog. If asked if she could go any place, that place would always be home. "Home is ...the stable window that opens out into the imagination."

Patchett attended high school at St. Bernard Academy, a private, non-parochial Catholic school for girls run by the Sisters of Mercy. Following graduation, she attended Sarah Lawrence College and took fiction writing classes with Allan Gurganus, Russell Banks, and Grace Paley. She later attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where she met longtime friend Elizabeth McCracken. It was also there that she wrote her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars.

In 2010, when she found that her hometown of Nashville no longer had a good book store, she co-founded Parnassus Books with Karen Hayes; the store opened in November 2011. In 2012, Patchett was on the Time 100 list of most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.

Reviews

[Divaesque Princess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like her view on holidays and I agree with her conclusion.

[Janet Barclay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this essay as a gift from Kobo several years ago, but never got around to reading it until today, when I needed something quick to read between novels.

It was interesting enough that I didn't mind the few minutes it took to read it, but I'm not kicking myself for waiting this long.

[Aaron (Typographical Era) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by Ann Patchett, Another Year is a short piece of nonfiction that was given away exclusively by Kobo Books to folks who had purchased at least one item from them in the 2012 calendar year. In it, the State of Wonder author trains her probing, thoughtful eye on our need to ritualize the start of the New Year as our opportunity for a clean slate. She questions the weight of value of placed on traditions and asks what exactly it takes to make something feel sacred.

What she ends up delivering is highly inspirational piece that blends personal experience, humorous anecdotes-the one about the physicists who try to fix her broken doorbell is especially delightful-and practical advice together to remind the reader that they don’t need January 1st, or Lent, or any other ritualized holiday to roll around in order to sieze the opportunity to better themselves.

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[France-Andrée · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the 2013 gift from KOBO. I thought it was a nice reflection on new beginnings and why it's important to remember that every day is a new beginning, but there's nothing here that an adult hasn't thought about in their life, it's just that the author put it in words. Hey, it's a nice gift and I've been taught never to be displeased with one so I am not complaining! No, seriously, I didn't know the author at all and I think I might be intrigued enough to read something else by her so I think the point of this free essay had been met.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the 2013 KOBO "New Year's gift". It is a short and exceptionally well written essay. The content is nothing new though the final few pages do very nicely sum up the author's view on life and how to keep events and aspirations in perspective.

[Elizabeth Edgar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didnt actually see the point in this book, wouldnt recommend it

[SheLove2Read · Rating 4 out of 5]

24 page essay on the value of traditions and new beginnings and how they define our lives and society. I enjoyed it. She made some good points which tasked me to reflect on my own life.

[Taiyewo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but sweet. I liked it. It made me rethink the point of a New Year's Resolution and to make it count if I choose to make one!

[Tamara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great short story. Interesting and thought provoking about what really matters in life. Ann Patchett is a talented author and I look forward to reading more of her works.n

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a short story about starting a new year, gave you something to think about

[Fraser Coltman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my second time reading this essay. It is an interesting personal reflection on New Year's as a time for change.

[LibraryCin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short essay written by Patchett for Kobo Books. It was written at the beginning of a new year, so she looks at new beginnings in her essay. It was ok, just nothing special or exciting.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An inspirational read whether it's New Year's or not!

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really appreciated the ending. Every day is a New Year. Every moment ...