Commonwealth — ANN PATCHETT. COMMONWEALTH. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly, thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter . · COMMONWEALTH by ANN PATCHETT is a literary fiction novel to cherish for its many different interwoven and blended stories of love, destiny, loyalty, loss, secrets, disappointments, betrayal, and mistakes creating a family bonded together by a common understanding of each other/5. Written by the best-selling author Ann Patchett, Commonwealth was published in and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Commonwealth tells the story of two families: the Keatings and the Cousins.
Praise for Commonwealth: "Patchett brings humanity, humor, and a disarming affection to lovable, struggling characters Irresistible." -- Library Journal "Exquisite Commonwealth is impossible to put down." -- New York Times "(A) rich and engrossing new novel " -- New York Times Book Review "Indeed, this is Patchett's most autobiographical novel, a sharply funny. Commonwealth. (Patchett novel) Commonwealth is the seventh novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in The novel begins with an illicit kiss that leads to an affair that destroys two marriages and creates a reluctantly blended family. In a series of vignettes spanning fifty years, it tells the story of the six children whose lives. Commonwealth Character Analysis. Fix Keating. Fix is shown at the beginning of the story as a policeman in his thirties who feels that he has a good life—a good job, good family, and good friends. He is suspicious of anything that threatens that balance, wanting to protect his family and home from the dangers of the outside world.
Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth follows the repercussions from a chance encounter between Beverly Keating and Albert “Bert” Cousins that sees the end of both of their marriages and influences the lives of their families for years to come. Commonwealth is the seventh novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in The novel begins with an illicit kiss that leads to an affair that destroys two marriages and creates a reluctantly blended family. In a series of vignettes spanning fifty years, it tells the story of the six children whose lives were disrupted and how they intertwined. Ann Patchett has said that her book Commonwealth, more than any of her others, is autobiographical. It seems close given what we know about her life from various sources. The bare bones information is that she was born on December 2, in Los Angeles to nurse-turned novelist Jeanne Ray and Los Angeles police officer Frank Patchett.
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