📚 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
I can say that I've fallen completely in love with my 'official' first book of 2024. I fell in love with the family's cherry orchard (made me remember that play by Anton Chekhov that I think has the same title) Somehow I even fell in love Covid quarantine or perhaps became a bit more nostalgic about it--because this was what they were doing, apparently. This was the primary setting of the story. I fell in love with Duke--almost as much as Lara did. I fell in love with the lake, Tom Lake. The theater. The lake. Everything. I think I might have fallen for Meryl Streep, too. Her performance on the audiobook was impeccable. Award-winning. Is there an award for audiobook readings? ( Apparently, there is. It's called the "Audies"---this got nominated but did not win. What a shame. ) It was a truly lovely story. I fell in love with all of Lara's daughters and how Meryl was able to voice them in different ways so that I can tell who was who. Amazing. The who...
