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. It was also there that she wrote her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars. 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. Following graduation, she attended Sarah Lawrence College and took fiction writing classes with Allan Gurganus, Russell Banks, and Grace Paley. Bernard Academy, a private, non-parochial Catholic school for girls run by the Sisters of Mercy. the stable window that opens out into the imagination.' If asked if she could go any place, that place would always be home. Patchett said she loves her home in Nashville with her doctor husband and dog.

She moved to Nashville, Tennessee when she was six, where she continues to live. Not consider this content professional or citable.Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California. Professionally written study guide by one of our staff editors. Providing this content as a courtesy until we can offer a In an epilogue that takes place some years later, former hostages Simon Thibault and his wife meet with Gen and Roxane, who are getting married in Italy.

All of the hostages are freed except for Hosokawa, who is shot by government forces in the struggle. The two lovers meet in the china closet every night.Īt the end of the novel, the government breaks into the house and kills all the terrorists. The second relationship is between the translator Gen and the young terrorist Carmen, who must keep their love a secret. The first is between Coss and Hosokawa, who develop a deep bond even though they do not speak each other's language and thus cannot communicate verbally. Two major romantic relationships develop as the standoff drags on and serve as the backdrop to the rest of the story. After determining they have too many hostages, the terrorists decide to release all of the hostages except those they deem most likely to return a large ransom. When they realize the President is not in attendance, the terrorist group decides to take the entire party hostage. Near the end of the party, members of a terrorist organization break into the house, intending to take the President of the country hostage. As a not-so-subtle pretext to get Hosokawa to invest in the country, famous American soprano Roxane Coss is scheduled to perform as the highlight of the party. Set in an unspecified South American country, the story begins at a birthday party thrown at the country's vice presidential home in honor of Katsumi Hosokawa, the visiting chairman of a large Japanese company and opera enthusiast.

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