Ann Patchett’s Truth & Beauty is a book I enjoy so far. Her writing is very descriptive. Even from the beginning with riding on the road trip to her sister, Tina. Patchett wrote of the chocolate M&Ms they ate while driving through the beautiful open road of Tennessee. That’s what stuck to me, her ability to describe her story and characters well. Lucy’s character was well written, but it struck me odd that she was one of the cool kids. She was “much too cool for the likes of me” as the narrator put it. I just thought Lucy would have been more friendly off the bat. Nonetheless, like the people in the book, Lucy grew on me as I read on.