Patty Dann is the author of Sweet & Crazy; Mermaids, which was turned into a film starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci; and The Baby Boat, an account of her own experiences adopting a child from Lithuania. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, O magazine, Redbook, More magazine, and the Chicago Tribune. She has an MFA in writing from Columbia University and a BA from the University of Oregon. She and her son currently live in New York City.
Click here to watch a live interview with Patty Dann on CBS
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"The most protective parent must one day reveal the hard truth that
life ends. For Patty Dann, that wrenching task came sooner than any
mother would wish. Dann's memoir is filled with brave arguments for
accepting death and may underscore the very natural difficulty
people have in doing so. Evocatively titled . . . striking."—New
York Times Book Review
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New York Times "Modern Love" column. *
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"Patty Dann writes movingly of losing her husband Willem to cancer.
In this affecting memoir, Dann chronicles Willem's quick decline
and her own struggle to help three-year-old Jake deal with losing
his dad. No goldfish-went-on-vacation euphemizer, she opts for
straight talk while allowing Jake his talismans—Band-Aids plastered
on his toy trucks, beach glass arranged in an intricate pattern on
his parents' bed. . . . Dann brings home the enormity of their loss
but you get the feeling they're two who, together, will survive
just fine."—People
"What sets Patty Dann's volume apart is the remarkable
three-year-old boy at its heart, and how, with the help of a smart
therapist, he deals with the death of his father from brain
cancer."—USA Today
"Dann lets her story unfold as a series of short vignettes—some
triggered by a mundane object, others by something someone said.
Bittersweet and painfully honest, Dann's memoir of how she had to
leave one life and begin another is remarkable."—Publishers
Weekly
"Writing with grace and candor, and vivid bursts of humor, Ms. Dann
shares the hard-won wisdom that the way to speak about death is
honestly and openly. A wonderfully generous and helpful
book."—Abigail Thomas, author of A Three Dog Life
"A lovely, beautifully rendered memoir. A great wisdom resides in
these short chapters, and Dann presents it in straightforward,
succinct, crystalline prose."—Fenton Johnson, author of Geography
of the Heart: A Memoir
"Patty Dann writes about love and loss in a way that is stirring
and important. Like Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking,
this book takes readers through experiences they might be
frightened to imagine, and it does so with poise, wit, and
originality."—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Position and Surrender,
Dorothy
Click here to watch a live interview with Patty Dann on CBS Sunday Morning News.
* * *
"The most protective parent must one day reveal the hard truth that
life ends. For Patty Dann, that wrenching task came sooner than any
mother would wish. Dann's memoir is filled with brave arguments for
accepting death and may underscore the very natural difficulty
people have in doing so. Evocatively titled . . . striking."-New
York Times Book Review
Click here to read more about The Goldfish Went on Vacation
in the New York Times "Modern Love" column. * * *
"Patty Dann writes movingly of losing her husband Willem to cancer.
In this affecting memoir, Dann chronicles Willem's quick decline
and her own struggle to help three-year-old Jake deal with losing
his dad. No goldfish-went-on-vacation euphemizer, she opts for
straight talk while allowing Jake his talismans-Band-Aids plastered
on his toy trucks, beach glass arranged in an intricate pattern on
his parents' bed. . . . Dann brings home the enormity of their loss
but you get the feeling they're two who, together, will survive
just fine."-People
"What sets Patty Dann's volume apart is the remarkable
three-year-old boy at its heart, and how, with the help of a smart
therapist, he deals with the death of his father from brain
cancer."-USA Today
"Dann lets her story unfold as a series of short vignettes-some
triggered by a mundane object, others by something someone said.
Bittersweet and painfully honest, Dann's memoir of how she had to
leave one life and begin another is remarkable."-Publishers
Weekly
"Writing with grace and candor, and vivid bursts of humor, Ms. Dann
shares the hard-won wisdom that the way to speak about death is
honestly and openly. A wonderfully generous and helpful
book."-Abigail Thomas, author of A Three Dog Life
"A lovely, beautifully rendered memoir. A great wisdom resides in
these short chapters, and Dann presents it in straightforward,
succinct, crystalline prose."-Fenton Johnson, author of
Geography of the Heart: A Memoir
"Patty Dann writes about love and loss in a way that is stirring
and important. Like Joan Didion's The Year of Magical
Thinking, this book takes readers through experiences they
might be frightened to imagine, and it does so with poise, wit, and
originality."-Meg Wolitzer, author of The Position and
Surrender, Dorothy
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