Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville bookstore that opened and thrived while others were closing their doors is once again defying the odds. That’s thanks, in part, to its famous novelist co-owner Ann Patchett. Parnassus opened 2011, shortly after two large Nashville bookstores shut down in quick succession. It was profitable even in its first year and soon doubled in size. The store’s success stems from a combination of factors that surely include Patchett’s fame and a