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One of eight Anne Tyler novels to be reissued in 2008 with stunning new jackets
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Ben Joe is the only boy in a family of six sisters, Mama and Gram. He is studying for a law degree in New York when he hears his eldest sister Joanne has left her husband and returned home with her baby girl. Out of a mixture of homesickness and duty Ben Joe returns to the home in which he has always felt like an outsider.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Considering Anne Tyler was only 22 when she wrote this book, it's pretty good. It shows her early writing style and is therefore of interest to her fans. However compared to her later books I found this one disappointing,. She does a good job of describing a family who seem to have put their lives on hold since they lost the father; to me the book is about moving on, and the inevitability of change.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I just love Ann Tyler. I did find myself wondering if she had written this as a period piece and it was not until the end I realised it was one of her early books. It is a conceit on my part to think that the portrayal of complex emotions belongs to modern times. Unspoken family secrets are timeless in their ubiquity. As is the dilemma of leaving your family behind to make your own way in the world. Ann Tyler captures so well the risks we take in moving on and the impulse to remain as we are however unsatisfactory. On the way we meet some entertaining characters. It's a thoroughly enjoyable read.
21 of 53 people found the following review helpful
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Anne Tyler webs a story that touches on many issues, such as life, death and mostly, change. People evolve without our help and with our help. It is this paradox that is at the center of this novel.
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