![]() ![]() The story never went anywhere (well, not where I wanted it to go at least!). The main character was unlikable and the plot contrived. " I usually like Ann Patchett, but this book was a disappointment. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.But in retrospect, I liked how that helped further distance the reader from Rose. "I love Patchett's writing, and this one was no exception, although I was a bit startled at first having the story told by three different narrators in three different (extensive) sections. She cannot remain forever untouched by what she left behind and who she has become since the leaving.Ī beautiful debut novel about life and love and faith. Elizabeth’s is near a healing spring, and when Rose’s time draws near, she cannot go through with her plans, not all of them. She plans to give her baby up because she knows she cannot be the mother the baby needs.īut St. ![]() She is simply pregnant and doesn’t want her husband or her mother to know. Except for Rose, a beautiful, mysterious woman, who is neither unwed nor alone. ![]() All the pregnant women who come there will go home within the year. Elizabeth’s is not unpleasant, but it is temporary. In the 1960’s it is a home for unwed mothers run by nuns. Elizabeth’s is a lovely old place in a small town in Kentucky that used to be the beautiful Hotel Louisa. ![]()
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