The ‘Bel Canto’ author also explained why seeing adults reading is even more important than reading to kids
NEED TO KNOW
- Ann Patchett appeared on a recent episode of Wild Card With Rachel Martin
- She revealed her favorite children’s book — and her time on a farm
- The author’s newest book, Whistler, hits shelves this summer
It’s no surprise to anyone that author and bookstore owner Ann Patchett was a bookish child.
The author revealed her childhood favorite during a recent episode of the Wild Card With Rachel Martin podcast, as well as how living on a farm influenced her adulthood. Patchett, whose latest book Whistler comes out this June, is also the owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn.
“When I was a child, we lived on a farm for several years,” she told Martin. “It was not a working farm. It was just a collection of absolute weirdness.”…