--- product_id: 8277332 title: "THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS" price: "€ 32.04" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sk/products/8277332-the-patron-saint-of-liars store_origin: SK region: Slovakia --- # THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS **Price:** € 32.04 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS - **How much does it cost?** € 32.04 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sk](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/8277332-the-patron-saint-of-liars) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A New York Times Notable Book Acclaimed author Ann Patchett's debut novel, hailed as "beautifully written . . . a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion” ( Boston Herald) St. Elizabeth’s, a home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky, usually harbors its residents for only a little while. Not so Rose Clinton, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed, and stays. She plans to give up her child, thinking she cannot be the mother it needs. But when Cecilia is born, Rose makes a place for herself and her daughter amid St. Elizabeth’s extended family of nuns and an ever-changing collection of pregnant teenage girls. Rose’s past won’t be kept away, though, even by St. Elizabeth’s; she cannot remain untouched by what she has left behind, even as she cannot change who she has become in the leaving. Review: A rule breaker--refreshing and original! - Ann Patchett's first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars, managed to break so many rules! It was refreshing and well-plotted. A magnificent think-piece book — despite its ambiguous ending—which didn’t bother me at all. Although, in the final scenes, I was a bit disappointed that important plot strings to a valid conclusion remained dangling in air! Would I recommend this fascinating look into the protagonist Rose Clinton's life? Most definitely! Is this still a valid way to spend your reading hours! Heck yes and then some! Review: The lie is the curse of the liar - Ann Patchett has a brilliantly straightforward writing style that kept me engaged even as I was first mystified and then frustrated by her characters' failure to face up to the messes they had made. Only after reading several reviews on desertcart was I able to formulate my own opinion of the message. Spoiler alert:: The first section introduces the place: a hamlet in Kentucky known for nothing but the hot spring that is discovered by a farmer whose daughter is cured by the waters healing properties. After a succession of miraculous healings, "Baptist miracles", a developer builds a luxury hotel that draws the rich and famous to partake. The Crash of 1929 dries up much of the flow of paying guests and a drought dries up the spring. But still the hotel serves as a haven for miracle seekers. The Catholic church takes possession, first to use as a retirement home for nuns, then as a home for unwed mothers. The rest of the story can be seen as a succession of pilgrims for whom the hotel, now called St. Elizabeth's, is a refuge from a world they cannot face because of their inability to handle their own lies. The characters are complex, the story intriguing as the unwed mothers and the nuns learn to rely upon each other. The format of three narrators fills in the storyline with depth and creates an urgency for the reader. But I shared with many other reviewers a frustration with Rose who could not love and with her husbands and daughter who could not stop loving her too much. Perhaps the enigmatic title refers to the dependence of the characters on a sign from God through prayers to one saint or another, signs that lead to decisions of desperation, clinging to a microcosmic escape from the tangled web of their lies. The ending, which was deeply unsatisfactory to many reviewers, seems to be a clue to the continuing power of the place to draw in workers who dream of a purpose beyond the untenable life outside. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #21,230 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #45 in Southern Fiction #46 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #91 in Women's Divorce Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 19,988 Reviews | ## Images ![THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91ZqciI-GDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A rule breaker--refreshing and original! *by A***E on July 18, 2026* Ann Patchett's first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars, managed to break so many rules! It was refreshing and well-plotted. A magnificent think-piece book — despite its ambiguous ending—which didn’t bother me at all. Although, in the final scenes, I was a bit disappointed that important plot strings to a valid conclusion remained dangling in air! Would I recommend this fascinating look into the protagonist Rose Clinton's life? Most definitely! Is this still a valid way to spend your reading hours! Heck yes and then some! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The lie is the curse of the liar *by K***R on September 27, 2017* Ann Patchett has a brilliantly straightforward writing style that kept me engaged even as I was first mystified and then frustrated by her characters' failure to face up to the messes they had made. Only after reading several reviews on Amazon was I able to formulate my own opinion of the message. Spoiler alert:: The first section introduces the place: a hamlet in Kentucky known for nothing but the hot spring that is discovered by a farmer whose daughter is cured by the waters healing properties. After a succession of miraculous healings, "Baptist miracles", a developer builds a luxury hotel that draws the rich and famous to partake. The Crash of 1929 dries up much of the flow of paying guests and a drought dries up the spring. But still the hotel serves as a haven for miracle seekers. The Catholic church takes possession, first to use as a retirement home for nuns, then as a home for unwed mothers. The rest of the story can be seen as a succession of pilgrims for whom the hotel, now called St. Elizabeth's, is a refuge from a world they cannot face because of their inability to handle their own lies. The characters are complex, the story intriguing as the unwed mothers and the nuns learn to rely upon each other. The format of three narrators fills in the storyline with depth and creates an urgency for the reader. But I shared with many other reviewers a frustration with Rose who could not love and with her husbands and daughter who could not stop loving her too much. Perhaps the enigmatic title refers to the dependence of the characters on a sign from God through prayers to one saint or another, signs that lead to decisions of desperation, clinging to a microcosmic escape from the tangled web of their lies. The ending, which was deeply unsatisfactory to many reviewers, seems to be a clue to the continuing power of the place to draw in workers who dream of a purpose beyond the untenable life outside. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ How hard is it to know another person? *by K***0 on November 1, 2016* My first Ann Patchett novel was Bel Canto, and I was hooked. I could see Renee Fleming as the opera singer and wondered why it had not been made into a movie. I assumed Patchett and Fleming were close friends. Then I went on to read The Magician's Assistant. It's odd to describe a book in which nothing much happens as good, but it was. Seinfeld was about nothing much, and it was good too. Then came that stinker of a book State of Wonder where a woman calls her lover 'Mr Fox,' and he calls her by her first name. I read about 20% of it and gave up on it. But I didn't give up on Ann Patchett, and this book make me glad I didn't. I can't believe it's a first novel. Maybe State of Wonder was really her first novel that she pulled out of a trunk after her name had been made. This wonderful book is about something. It is about the unknowing of another person, no matter how intimately you live with them. No matter how you see them every day. The human spirit remains a mystery forever. The book is divided into three sections. In the first we meet Rose. Married and pregnant, she leaves her husband in California, gets in her car drives. She ends up at an old hotel that has been converted into a home for unwed mothers. The mother superior doesn't believe Rose's story about having a husband (all the girls claim to have had a husband), but she takes her in anyway. Rose is different from the other girls. Making herself indispensable in the kitchen, she keeps her daughter, and stays on at the home. The second part is about Son, the only male on the place. All-around handyman and nice guy, he comes to love Rose. He is stunned when Rose agrees to marry him, and give the baby a name. It is his name on the birth certificate. He has secrets of his own, and he doesn't like it when Rose gives the baby the name of his first girlfriend. Part three is told by her daughter, Cecilia. Growing up in an home for unwed mothers is strange enough without being mistaken for one of the unwed mothers by the new girls. Cecilia tries to cope with a distant mother who tolerates her, but doesn't seem to love her. For love she turns to her father and the nuns. This lovely story, told from three points of view, succeeds on every level. I wonder why they don't make this story into a movie. Not enough superheroes I guess, but all the characters are heroic enough for me. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Patron Saint of Liars: A Novel - Tom Lake: A Novel - Bel Canto --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sk/products/8277332-the-patron-saint-of-liars](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/8277332-the-patron-saint-of-liars) --- *Product available on Desertcart Slovakia* *Store origin: SK* *Last updated: 2026-08-01*