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The cover of "Whistler" and author Ann Patchett. (Courtesy of Harper and Emily Dorio) Tennessee author Ann Patchett is celebrated for her novels including "Bel Canto," "The Dutch House" and "Tom Lake, ...

Carly Simon howls like the wind on “Howl,” the lead single to her upcoming album, Comes in Waves. The song’s lyrics are a letter to a friend whose lover has just left them. With a big, catchy chorus, ...

With its glacier-crowned peaks and long, powder-heavy pistes, Whistler is a dream winter sports destination. But Canada’s largest ski resort — officially called Whistler Blackcomb, after its two ...

A rockfall at Whistler Peak took place on Wednesday, marking the third time debris has fallen from the mountain this year. Whistler resident Peter Higgins was at the Creekside gondola at 8 a.m. when ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Some spoilers below. Ann Patchett knew we would want to know about the horse. The ...

In March, Ann Patchett had only just started doing interviews for her new novel, “Whistler,” but she was already willing to nudge the conversation elsewhere: to other books, to our dogs, to growing up ...

In Ann Patchett’s 11th novel Whistler, a former stepfather and stepdaughter, Eddie and Daphne, meet again by chance after 44 years. They rekindle their bond (before long, Eddie is introducing Daphne ...

Ann Patchett’s new novel, “Whistler,” is a rare phenomenon in contemporary fiction: a novel both majestic and intimate, original and masterful in its structure, crystalline in its prose, revelatory in ...

The saying goes that, in literature, happiness writes white on the page. To which Martin Amis added, “and goodness writes purple.” In either case, positivity poses a dramatic conundrum, being too ...