07: Taken Captive by Anne Patchett - The Dutch House, The Magician's Assistant, State of Wonder, and other Patchett masterpieces

Virginia and Louise devote an entire episode to the wonderful writing of American novelist Ann Patchett. They discuss her skill at weaving momentous intergenerational sagas and her deft and intuitive understanding of familial relationships, marriages and siblings. Books – all by Ann PatchettThe Dutch House, 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing.The Magician’s Assistant, 1998. Harper CollinsCommonwealth, 2016. Harper Collins State of Wonder, 2001. Bloomsbury Publishing.Bel Canto, 2001. Harper Collins.The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2019. One World, Penguin Random House.PodcastsHere’s The Thing – Alec Baldwin, WNYC Studios, New York Public RadioThe Daily – The New York TimesNewspapers#Your Right to Know CampaignThe Australian Newspaper – ‘Sources Scared into Silence’ by Hedley Thomas discusses his history with ‘Toni Hoffman’ the nurse who was the whistleblower in the case of Dr Jayant Patel, October 2019