A review of “What now?” in 100 words by Catherine Stover
This book is based on the novelist Ann Patchett’s address at a graduation ceremony. She is the perfect speaker for students who panic at the thought of leaving campus and friends and having to walk the plank into the great unknown. Readers of her novels know that she has written many books about people who are brought together by a terrible event, such as a hostage situation or death. To survive, her characters have to learn how to gather information and trust each other. Not surprisingly, she tells them a story about someone who did that – you guessed it – herself.
Source cited:
Patchett, Ann. What now? Harper, 2008.