Audiobook performed by Tom Hanks
Pulitzer Prize Finalist | New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the Year
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and Buzzfeed
From Ann Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, comes a powerful, richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.
The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures.
Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they’ve lost with humor and rage. But when at last they’re forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.
© 2019 HarperAudio (Lydbog): 9780062963703
Release date
Lydbog: 24. september 2019
Audiobook performed by Tom Hanks
Pulitzer Prize Finalist | New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the Year
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and Buzzfeed
From Ann Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, comes a powerful, richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.
The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures.
Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they’ve lost with humor and rage. But when at last they’re forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.
© 2019 HarperAudio (Lydbog): 9780062963703
Release date
Lydbog: 24. september 2019
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Li
7. feb. 2020
En meget følelsesladet fortælling
Elaine
11. dec. 2020
A really lovely book and a Tom Hanks reading it only makes it even better
I.
22. nov. 2020
Beautiful and spectacular story, but also filled with intense sadness. They could not have picked a better reader than Tom Hanks, his voice draws every character up to their full height.
Hannah
1. jul. 2020
En fantastisk fortælling om familie, livet og tiden. SÅ anbefalelsesværdig!
Mai-Brit
22. aug. 2020
Godt skruet sammen og velfortalt. Man lever sig ind i fortællingen om de 2 søskende og huset. Fantastisk oplæst af Tom Hanks.
Emma
5. maj 2021
Just loved this book, for everything and to have Tom Hanks read to me was a bonus! Thank you!
K
12. feb. 2022
God historie. Uperfekte karakterer, velfortalt historie. Helt anderledes end jeg forventede, og man kan ikke komme udenom Tom Hanks talent for at skabe stemning..Små detaljer der får det til at virke som om han sidder og læser op for en lille gruppe på det lokale bibliotek, inden alle skal ud og have kage.. 😂
Nicolai
8. nov. 2021
Som en sød, intellektuel og tankevækkende film, fortalt af Tom Hanks.
Malene
4. okt. 2021
Alright
K
23. maj 2022
Well measured and heart warming story narrated beautifully by Tom Hanks.
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