This week, we’re giving away three copies of Whistler by Ann Patchett. When Daphne encounters her former stepfather Eddie at the Met after decades apart, their brief but profound childhood connection resurfaces. Together they reflect on the fateful event that changed both their lives, discovering how the enduring memory of being truly known by one person, even briefly, can shape everything. Here’s the blurb:
When Daphne notices an older gentleman following her around the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, she doesn't expect it to be Eddie – her former stepfather.
Married to her mother for a short time when Daphne was nine, she hasn't seen Eddie for many years; not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives.
Meeting again now, Daphne and Eddie feel that time has fallen away. Their earlier relationship was brief but had a profound impact on both of them. Together, they consider not only their past, but the joys of the present and their commitment to face the future together.
A moving, luminous story about how family, memory and love endures, Whistler paints an intimate portrait of how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.
If you’d like to win a copy, simply enter your details in the form below. Three lucky people will win a copy!
Entries close midday (Syd/Melb time) Monday 27 July 2026. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.
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