Whistler: The new international bestseller from the author of Tom Lake and The Dutch House
Jun 2026 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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The internationally bestselling author of The Dutch House and Tom Lake returns with a moving, life-affirming novel that reminds us of the power of connection to defy time.
A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2026
A QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB PICK
'Generous-hearted, clever and poignantly revealing ... Spend a day on the couch in its warm, riveting company and you won't regret it' The Times
'A quietly compelling story about the power of familial love to transcend time and blood' Harper's Bazaar, Best Books of 2026
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Of all people Daphne could imagine running into at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, low down on that list is Eddie, the beloved former stepfather she has not seen since she was a child.
But with this unexpected reunion the years seem to fall away, and a second chance to know one another appears – a chance to turn over the past and, just maybe, to face the future together.
From a master of storytelling, Whistler is a luminous novel about the endurance of love, the small moments that can define a life, and how the feeling of being known by another person – even so briefly – might change everything.
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'Whistler is top-shelf comfort food, the literary equivalent of pricey ice-cream' Guardian, Book of the Day
'Few writers are more adept than Patchett at delineating the collisions between present and past' Observer
A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2026
A QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB PICK
'Generous-hearted, clever and poignantly revealing ... Spend a day on the couch in its warm, riveting company and you won't regret it' The Times
'A quietly compelling story about the power of familial love to transcend time and blood' Harper's Bazaar, Best Books of 2026
__________
Of all people Daphne could imagine running into at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, low down on that list is Eddie, the beloved former stepfather she has not seen since she was a child.
But with this unexpected reunion the years seem to fall away, and a second chance to know one another appears – a chance to turn over the past and, just maybe, to face the future together.
From a master of storytelling, Whistler is a luminous novel about the endurance of love, the small moments that can define a life, and how the feeling of being known by another person – even so briefly – might change everything.
__________
'Whistler is top-shelf comfort food, the literary equivalent of pricey ice-cream' Guardian, Book of the Day
'Few writers are more adept than Patchett at delineating the collisions between present and past' Observer
The internationally bestselling author of The Dutch House and Tom Lake returns with a moving, life-affirming novel that reminds us of the power of connection to defy time.
A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2026
A QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB PICK
'Generous-hearted, clever and poignantly reve...
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18 reviews
Merridy Hoffman
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September 25, 2026
emotionally uplifting
Anne Childs
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August 4, 2026
excellent
About the author
Ann Patchett is the author of nine previous novels, three works of non-fiction and two children's books.. Her most recent book, Tom Lake, was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, as well as a BBC Radio 2 and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Her novel The Dutch House was also a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize. In 2002 she won the Orange Prize for Fiction with Bel Canto, a prize she has also twice been shortlisted for with The Magician's Assistant in 1998 and State of Wonder in 2012. Her novels The Magician's Assistant and State of Wonder were also both shortlisted for the Women's Prize. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, she was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl.
Ann Patchett is the author of nine previous novels, three works of non-fiction and two children's books.. Her most recent book, Tom Lake, was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, as well as a BBC Radio 2 and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Her novel The Dutch House was also a New York ...
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