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  <title>Patricia Finn: The Golden Boy</title>
  <description>Patricia Finn joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her novel, THE GOLDEN BOY, a complex, non-linear narrative about marriage, friendship and redemption that spans multiple timelines. The book explores themes of memory, identity, exile and atonement through the lives of Stafford and Agnes, a wealthy couple who are living on Maui when readers first meet them. The novel’s structure consists of three parts: marriage (a 24-hour period on Maui), friendship (non-linear memories) and found family. This is Patricia’s first novel at the age of 71, and she talks about how her background — which includes television writing, ghostwriting, corporate communications and crisis management — informs her literary approach. She notes that she used the real-life trial of Steven Truscott from 1959 to explore themes of justice and moral choices. Our Latest “Bookreporter Talks To” Interviews: Sadeqa Johnson:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/ED0LOkAarVE Wendy Walker:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/y-2G5AC9heU Ashley Elston:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/Yb_ig0leaQA Paula McLain:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/vKwg0G18sCA Belle Burden:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/kmlJvv037Yg Rebecca Armitage:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/xVTebMX3Bg0 Vicky Nguyen:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/ssPMpaokVp8 Brisa Carleton:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/aE2cCH4oMsk Alex DeMille:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/EstkI7Caul8 Our Latest “Bookaccino Live” Book Group Events: Lily King: https://youtu.be/_yo2x2ZA0B0 Allen Levi: https://youtu.be/tELDtaqsD7g Clare Leslie Hall:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/j0j3_ScryJg Paula Hawkins:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/nxakmJRaKaY Amy Neff:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/lfHGY8VEyoA J. Courtney Sullivan:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://youtu.be/fE8XHj-vV40 Sign up for newsletters from Bookreporter and Reading Group Guides here: https://tbrnetwork.com/newsletters/ FOLLOW US on Facebook:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/bookreporter Website:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.bookreporter.com Art Credit: Tom Fitzgerald Edited by Jordan Redd Productions </description>
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