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Oct 06, 2022maipenrai rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
SPOILER ALERT!! If you want to read an excellent book about a man dealing with loss, skip this book and read "The Accidental Tourist" instead. I have loved Anne Tyler's books for almost 60 years. I was surprised that this book was of such…
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Jul 19, 2022orangelibrarycard rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Loved this short, spare novel. Tyler can bring you along with such realism, foreshadowing, and trips that reveal the past in such a way as to put you there. Going along believing until you realize you were mixed up in the characters…
Jun 16, 2021
This book in its surprising simplicity is worth a read in how it manages to mix grief and loss with humour. The 2 main characters are funny in their different borderline Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) personalities. I appreciated that…
Mar 28, 2015
A beautiful novel unexpectedly upbeat in spite of its story. A quick read that I read a second time in order to see the foreshadowing of later events.
Jul 21, 2014
A patron review from the Adult Summer Game: "A nice easy read about loss and love. People find love later in life and find the happiness they're seeking."
Jul 09, 2014grannyat55 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The male voice too many times did not sound authentic. I found myself thinking; a woman might say that, but not sure a man would have used that expression.
Aug 21, 2013
Well , I truly wish I had liked this book better than I did . Your early work was so wonderful ( Homesick Restaurant , Searching for Caleb )However , I will never stop reading your work
May 27, 2013five4kc rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A quirky tale of love and loss. Interesting characters that are flawed, yet endearing. A nice, easy read with a good message.
May 20, 2013
"Partially disabled by an illness in childhood, 36-year-old Aaron is fiercely independent, but when his pragmatic, slightly older wife Dorothy is killed by a tree that falls on their house, he is devastated. The house destroyed, he moves…
May 15, 2013ktripson rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Only Anne Tyler can make peripheral misfits compelling.
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Jan 28, 2013gracindaisy rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
After a tree falls on a house & kills his wife, a man is visited by his deceased spouse.
Dec 01, 2012meosgal rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was a very sweet story. Highly recommend.
Nov 07, 2012Philla15 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Anne Tyler never disappoints although this is not her best novel. The story follows the trail of grief to its natural resolution. Her characters are quirky as usual and yet we find something of ourselves that we can forgive by sharing this…
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Aug 24, 2012curlooley rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As a person who has experienced the death of a spouse, I found this novel to be eerily perceptive. Probably the best book I've read in the last 10 years.
Aug 23, 2012ontherideau rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
If you liked Major Pettigrew -this is another story about genuine people
Aug 15, 2012pammiedawn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Lovely story! A nice easy read. Loved the characters!
Jul 20, 2012
Aaron and Dorothy seem an unlikely married couple; a marriage that ends too soon when a tree falls into their sunroom where Dorothy is sitting causing her death. What comprises this story is Aaron?s look at their life together as he…
Jun 26, 2012Cathryn18 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book keeps hitting you with surprising revelations about the characters, kept me interested. Touching - I keep thinking about it for days afterwards.
Jun 19, 2012shanauer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Classic Anne Tyler. Enjoyed this book thoroughly. Write some more, quickly, Anne!
Jun 12, 2012
one of her best books. loved the characters so much.
Jun 05, 2012
It seems we can learn a lot from the dead especially when they come back for a visit to let us know what really happened when they were alive. Often our memory of events is quite different from others, and so it is for Aaron and his wife…
madison382
Jun 05, 2012
Once again Anne Tyler does not disappoint.
ejjoyce
May 29, 2012ejjoyce rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I think Anne Tyler is a fabulous author. I started this book not sure I would like it as well as the others but I kept reading and loved it in the end. Anne Tyler has such a wonderful way with words and her characters are quirky.
May 12, 2012unJoCo rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book. I have lived in communities across the United States (including Baltimore) so I often like authors that "bring me back" to old memories. Written in a very subtle manner so not a page turner. The characters seemed real…
Apr 27, 2012
Wonderfully quirky plot; divine prose; satisfying conclusion.