Ann Patchett's Idea of Heaven

Travel and reading.  They go together like cherry pie and ice cream….

Back in May, Ann Patchett, author of book club favorites such as Bel Canto, Patron Saint of Liars, and Truth and Beauty, wrote a great travel article for The New York Times about her love of Petosky, Michigan, and in particular a bookstore there called McLean & Eakin Booksellers. She says that, while some people center their travel around baseball stadiums, museums or Civil War battle grounds, for her the focal point of travel is the independent bookstore.

Her article, “As American as Cherry Pie,” will resonate with book lovers, particularly when she says,  “It is just so thrilling to be around people who read, people who will pull a book off the shelf and say, ‘This is the one you want.’ People who want to know what I’m reading and will tell me what they’re reading so that while we talk, stacks of books begin to form around us. It’s my own personal idea of heaven.” Check out the full article at

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/t-magazine/23talk-michigan-t.html?scp=1&sq=ann%20patchett%20michigan&st=cse

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