James Brendan Patterson is an American author and philanthropist. Patterson was born in 1947 in Newburgh, a town that was then "the all-American city, and is now the murder capital of New York state". He has said that money was not plentiful when growing up, but greater poverty came from the emotional detachment of his father. "He never had a father around himself and while you did feel there was a bond, it wasn't expressed much. We weren't beaten. Food arrived on the table. But eventually, you see that parts of it were not optimal and you try to deal with that." Patterson was a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt but acquired a job in advertising. He was an advertising executive at J. Walter Thompson. After he retired from advertising in 1996, he devoted his time to writing. In The Lake House, the sibling children are in the midst of a court battle that has turned into a media circus. The man and woman who have championed the children's rescue from "the School" where they were imprisoned are petitioning the family court for guardianship. FBI agent Kit Brennan and veterinarian Frannie O'Neill value the exceptional qualities of the gifted children, but the biological parents have intervened for guardianship, even though that will mean separating the siblings. Using the discretion of the court, the judge, considering the best interests of the children, rules in favour of the biological parents. You can listen online to free English audiobook “The Lake House” by James Patterson on our website. Enjoy it!
