The Dutch House -- Ann Patchett

<p><strong>Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize</strong></p><p><em><strong>New York Times</strong></em><strong> Bestseller A Read with Jenna <em>Today</em> Show Book Club Pick </strong> <strong>A </strong><em><strong>New York Times Book Review</strong></em><strong> Notable Book <em>TIME</em> Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019</strong><br/></p><p><strong>Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, </strong><em><strong>The</strong></em><strong><em> Washington Post;</em></strong><strong> <em>O: The Oprah Magazine, </em> <em>Real Simple</em>, <em>Good Housekeeping, Vogue</em>, <em> </em></strong><em><strong>Refinery29</strong></em><strong>, and </strong><em><strong>Buzzfeed</strong></em></p><p><strong>Ann Patchett, the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Commonwealth, </em> delivers her most powerful novel to date: a 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. <em>The Dutch House</em> 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.</strong></p><p>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 Philadel