![]() Patchett was married at an early age and divorced by 25. She even admits that she gave her sister and their stepsiblings the benefit of better lives ones she would wish for them in Commonwealth. From interviews she seems to be an incredibly upbeat and optimistic person a quality that also shines through in her novels, which virtually shimmer with the positive side of every character, despite their bad or ill-advised decisions and mistakes. Her post-high school education includes Sarah Lawrence College and the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. She is the survivor of twelve years of Catholic education and credits the Church, its teachings and nuns with being a tremendous influence for good and ill over her life and writing. The marriage came with four additional step siblings. Her parents divorced and her mother remarried, moving to Nashville, TN Patchett's current home when Ann was six years old. ![]() ![]() The bare bones information is that she was born on Decemin Los Angeles to nurse-turned novelist Jeanne Ray and Los Angeles police officer Frank Patchett. It seems close given what we know about her life from various sources. Ann Patchett has said that her book Commonwealth, more than any of her others, is autobiographical. ![]()
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