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. (Synopsis courtesy of Amazon.)
“There is so much randomness to youth. The person assigned to share your room becomes your friend, the girl you pass on your way out the door becomes your wife, and from these random encounters our entire lives are built."
I devoured this book. Here is another one I went into blind and grabbed purely because I LOVE Ann Patchett and anything she writes sits on my favorites list year after year. I loved Tom Lake and this story had similar vibes.
I highly recommend you go into this one blind too. You will be overcome with emotions. It is a slower moving story with characters that will make you feel a range of emotions and at least one of them will remind you of someone you love deeply. I just know this is a story I will think of probably at least once a day for a long time to come and stories like that don’t come around too often. Stories that hold so much power, insight, complex characters, and ones where you are highlighting and tabbing so much. I will cherish this story.
This story surprised me. This story made me feel seen. This story made me laugh and cry and healed me.
I really, really enjoyed the audio of this story too. Ann reads it and I just loved her delivery and overall presentation.
I cannot recommend this one enough. If you are a fan of compelling family sagas you won't be sorry you read it and it will definitely be on your favorites list too.
Five stars.
Thanks to HarperCollins for the book in exchange for an honest review. Purchase Whistler here.
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