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Whistler : a novel / Ann Patchett.

Patchett, Ann, (author.).

Summary:

"When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than year when Daphne was nine. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn't seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again. Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It's a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063511637
  • ISBN: 0063511630
  • Physical Description: 295 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2026]
Subject:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Reunions > Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) > Fiction.
Stepfathers > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 197 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1,125 current holds with 197 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library FIC PATCHETT (Text) 36015002707111 Adult New Fiction Checked out 08/15/2026
Richlands Branch Library FIC PATCHETT (Text) 36015002706568 Adult New Fiction Checked out 08/11/2026
Swansboro Branch Library FIC PATCHETT (Text) 36015002706501 Adult New Fiction Checked out 08/08/2026

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Summary: "When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than year when Daphne was nine. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn't seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again. Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It's a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything"--