Posted On: June 25th 2026, 09:20 pm
When Ann Patchett came on
@allofitwnyc this month, she said LAND was even better than HAMNET !
This new one combines historical fiction and myth to tell the story of one 19th century Irish family and how their lives are changed in the aftermath of the Great Hunger, and after an encounter with a magical spring.
It’s beautiful, sweeping, and like all of Maggie’s books, it makes people from hundreds of years ago come to life and feel like people you know