These Precious Days: Essays Setting & Symbolism

Ann Patchett
This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of These Precious Days.

These Precious Days: Essays Setting & Symbolism

Ann Patchett
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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee is the town in which Patchett primarily grew up. After her mother divorced her father, Frank, she moved the family to Nashville. Because Patchett spent the majority of her childhood in this city, she grew attached to the place. Throughout the years, it was always the city she returned to on holidays and between varying phases of her life.

Patchett continues to live in Nashville with her second husband, Karl. The bookstore, Parnassus Books, is also located in this city.

Patchett's life in Nashville is defined not only by her domestic rituals and marital dynamics, but by the community she has fostered here. Parnassus Books is central to this community.

Room in the Inn

The Room in the Inn is the organization founded by Charlie Strobel. Charlie establishes the Room in the Inn in 1986. It offers shelter, meals, community, and aid to the unhoused...

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