Her new book is The Wright Sister, an epistolary novel of historical fiction that imagines the life of Katharine Wright and her relationship with her famous brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright. Dann is married to journalist Michael Hill Dann's articles have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, O, The Oprah Magazine,Īnd numerous other publications. Dann is also the author of The Butterfly Hours: Transforming Memories into Memoir, The Goldfish Went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss, and The Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption.
Mermaids was made into a movie starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci. The books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. a quirky charm.Patty Dann's novels include Mermaids, Starfish and Sweet & Crazy. "Both of characters are sharply etched and recognizable." - Publishers Weekly Patty Dann guides us through the guerilla war between mother and daughter, through the minefields that lie between being a child and being an adult, in a voice not like any we've heard before." -John Sayles, director and novelist "This is a really funny book about people trying to find something to hang onto in a world that keeps shifting under their feet. Compelling and tender, touching and alive in her search to find some order in the chaos of her life." - The New York Times Book Review "Patty Dann gives us a magnificent voice in the young Charlotte.
At the same time, the young caretaker at the convent is inspiring some unsaintly thoughts. With a convent just steps away from their home, this could be Charlotte's chance to fulfill her dream of becoming a martyred Catholic saint-despite the fact that she's Jewish.
When they settle into a quiet New England town in 1963, the teenager yearns to stay put for once. The inspiration for the cult-classic film starring Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci, and Cher, this novel is narrated by Charlotte Flax, a fourteen-year-old helplessly dragged by her mother from place to place, brief affair to brief affair.
a radiant debut." - The New York Times Book Review A teenager follows along as her mother moves from town to town-and man to man-in this coming-of-age novel: "Both hilarious and tragic.
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