After her friend’s father died, leaving his loved ones to sort through his things, Ann RTL Patchett decided it was time to get rid of some of her own belongings. “The closer I got to the places where I slept and worked, the more complicated my choices became.

 After her friend’s father died, leaving his loved ones to sort through his things, Ann RTL Patchett decided it was time to get rid of some of her own belongings. “The closer I got to the places where I slept and worked, the more complicated my choices became.