Roundabout Books to Host World-Acclaimed Novelist Ann Patchett

Roundabout Books is thrilled to announce that Ann Patchett, award-winning author of Bel Canto and The Dutch House,and #1 New York Times bestselling author, will visit Bend to talk about her newest novel, Whistler, (release date June 2) at the Tower Theatre on July 6 at 7:00 pm, in conversation with Roundabout Books & Cafe store owner Cassie Clemans.

When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than a year when Daphne was nine. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn’t seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again.

Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It’s a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.

Tickets are $50; this includes a first edition, hardcover, signed copy of Whistler. Tickets can be purchased through the Roundabout Books website here, via telephone at 541-306-6564, or in the store.

Doors for the event open at 6:00 pm.

Whistler releases on June 2, but to have your book signed by the author, it must be returned to the bookstore by Thursday, July 2. The author will be signing books before the event. Signed copies of all the author’s books will be available for purchase in the Tower Theatre lobby. The author will not be signing books after her presentation.

For further information, please contact Roundabout Books’ Event Manager, Julie Swearingen, at julie@roundaboutbookshop.com.

Ann Patchett is the author of novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake, works of nonfiction, and children’s books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women’s Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.

Roundabout Books & Cafe is a full-service independent bookstore, located in the heart of Bend’s Northwest Crossing Community. The staff takes tremendous pride in their highly curated selection of new adult and children’s books. Local Bend resident, Cassie Clemans, founded Roundabout Books nine years ago with a vision of enhancing the life of our community by providing a warm and comfortable literary space where people of all ages are welcome to read, browse, shop for books, meet a friend, or enjoy an event.

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