Quarantine Read: 'The Art of the Wasted Day'

June 18, 2021 at 1:32PM
Patricia Hampl
Patricia Hampl (Alec Soth/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A wonderful quarantine read would be "The Art of the Wasted Day" by St. Paul author Patricia Hampl. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Hampl. She has a lovely speaking voice and flawless French pronunciation (in the book she travels to France in the footsteps of Montaigne).

Mary Feeney, Prior Lake

Quarantine Reads are soothing books to get us through fraught times. send your recommendation, with your name and city, to books@startribune.com

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“The Art of the Wasted Day” by Patricia Hampl (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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