The Dutch House
Ann Patchett • 2019
Devastation Rating
siblings family grief wealth
Our Take
Danny and Maeve Conroy circle their childhood home for decades after their stepmother expels them from it. Patchett writes sibling love as the most durable human bond — the two of them in the car outside the house, watching, is one of the most quietly devastating images in recent literary fiction.
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