![]() ![]() This eventually leads to the dissolution of both marriages and the relocation of the newly paired Bert and Beverly with the Cousins children to Virginia. When Bert, a virtual stranger, arrives uninvited at Franny’s christening party, sparks fly between himself and Beverly Keating, Fix’s beautiful wife. The Cousins family comprise lawyer and father Bert (Albert), mother Teresa, and their four young children-Cal, 6 Holly, 4 Jeannette, 2 and newborn Albie (also Albert), in that order.īoth families live in the Torrance area of California at the start of the novel, but the events of the book will eventually take them back and forth between California and the Commonwealth of Virginia over a period spanning more than 50 years. ![]() ![]() The Keatings are made up of policeman Fix (Francis Xavier), the father, and are rounded out by mother Beverly and daughters Caroline, four years old, and Frannie, just turned one. The story is centred on the Keating and Cousins families. When my book club selected this for an upcoming meeting, it was my first experience of a Patchett novel, and I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed it. Reading for pleasure should be…well…a pleasure! Ann Patchett’s latest novel Commonwealth is her seventh, and is truly a pleasure to read. ![]()
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