An Evening with Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett, an award-winning author and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World, is also living my dream life—she owns the ultra-quaint Parnassus Books in Nashville, where she sometimes shows up with her rescue pup, Sparky VanDevender. (Maybe Sparky is living my dream life, actually.) Anyway, Patchett's the author of many novels, nonfiction works, and children's tomes, and you've likely seen them lining the bestsellers tables at Powell's Books. (Her novel The Dutch House was a Pulitzer finalist.) Portland gem Cheryl Strayed will join her for this event, and a ticket snags you a hardcover copy of Patchett's forthcoming novel Tom Lake.
by Lindsay Costello