The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House by Ann Patchet is a story about the lives of a brother, Danny, and sister, Maeve, Conroy. The house, how their family acquired this mansion, their parents, there prior owners, and more are all a part of this drama. The family was highly dysfunctional, but the reader is drawn into the lives of Danny and Maeve and how they coped with their challenges. I came to this book as the result of it being on the New York Times list of the 15 best audio books of all time. The Dutch House was masterfully performed by Tom Hanks. So unlike most of our reviews, while people did die in the course of the five decades covered, this was not a murder mystery. Still, there were lots of unexpected events in the lives of the protagonists. This one gets a 5 star rating. I was thoroughly entertained and was disappointed when the novel came to an end.