Patchett, Ann

In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. ...

'Truth & Beauty' recounts the friendship between writers Ann Patchett & Lucy Grealy, the latter a cancer patient who fought the disease from childhood until her recent death. It is the story of an intense, platonic relationship that lasted over 20 years & in large part defined the lives of both w...