Ann Patchett
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Emotionally troubled, pregnant Rose leaves the husband she doesn't love and takes refuge in a remote Kentucky shelter for single pregnant women, where she meets and marries the shelter's handyman, beginning a new life with him and her daughter. Eventually, a difficult choice is forced on Rose when her first husband finds her.
2) Bel canto
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Roxanne Coss becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform at a lavish party for a wealthy industrialist in South America. As a lengthy standoff ensues, hostages and captors form unexpected bonds as they overcome their differences to find their shared humanity.