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2.5 stars. I like Ann Patchett. Some of her novels are better than others, but in general I think she’s a really good writer, and I was looking forward to this release. Of course the writing is solid—I was interested in the cherry farm setting, and the relationship between the narrator and her grown daughters.

But� I just did not buy the whole massive-movie-star-who-was-once-my-summer-boyfriend-thing. Peter Duke did not come across as a beautifully gifted, if somewhat troubled, actor—he came across as a manipulative jerk. There was nothing attractive about him.

I also grew tired of all the “Our Town� references (unpopular opinion but that play is so irritating) and the Covid timeframe. I’m not ready to read novels set during Covid, especially ones that romanticize the experience as a time to make potato salad and to hand sew face masks. Get serious. But maybe that’s just me�