![]() ![]() I felt like I got to know each member of the Keating and Cousins families, even those we don’t get to spend much time with. Patchett’s characters are well-developed and three-dimensional. It also emphasizes the fleeting nature of time and themes of fate and destiny. ![]() Instead, it’s a sliding, kaleidoscopic novel you think you know the whole picture until a new point of view chapter causes that image to shift and reform. This nonlinear narrative brilliantly mimics the ways in which people share their memories and recount their life stories. And as everyone knows, families are often messy- full of secrets, feuds, and miscommunications- but can also feature unshakeable bonds.Īlthough we follow these ten characters over the course of the next forty plus years, this is not a chronological story. The affair and subsequent marriage of Bert Cousins and Beverly Keating joins together their six children and ex-spouses into a new, complex, blended family. This one afternoon will forever change the lives of the Cousins and Keating families. Commonwealth begins with Franny Keating’s christening party a party involving an uninvited guest, fresh-squeezed orange juice, a gifted bottle of gin, and an extra-marital kiss. ![]()
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