Truth And Beauty
Author: Ann Patchett
Bestselling author and Orange Prize winner Ann Patchett’s first work of non-fiction is a searing, emotionally wrenching account of her long friendship with the critically acclaimed, and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy. ‘It is remarkable for me to remember now that I thought it would be possible to walk away from her, that she might have gone on living, but without me….Read More
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