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Anne Tyler
From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel, spanning three generations, about a mismatched marriage - and its consequences. Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple -…
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During the course of the journey, with its several unexpected detours - into the lives of old friends and grown children - the author shows us there is to know…
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Barnaby Gaitlin has less in life than he once had. His ex-wife Natalie left him and their native Baltimore several years ago, taking their baby daughter Opan with her. He…
When young Jamie Pike dies in a tragic accident, she leaves behind a family numbed with grief and torn with guilt and recrimination. Here, the author explores how each member…
In the bank, thirty-five year old Charlotte Emory withdraws enough money to escape a life and a marriage gone sour. But Charlotte is about to escape in a way she…
Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth. The Emersons have a reputation for craziness, there are seven adult children, and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into…
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Another quiet masterpiece from the author of The Accidental Tourist -a funny, poignant and unsettling novel about marriage, families and the triumph of hope over experience.
As Macon’s life falls apart, he tries to tie it back together with routine and habit. But sometimes life just doesn’t work like that.
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Amateur Marriage, comes this unusual and touching novel about two oddly-assorted characters and their intertwined lives.
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In a small Southern town teenager Evie Decker becomes obsessed with local rock singer Bertram ‘Drumstrings’ Casey, and decides to take her life into her own hands. When she carves…
Morgan Gower has an outsize hairy beard, an array of peculiar costumes and fantastic headwear, and a serious smoking habit. He likes to pretend to be other people, and he…
A stirring novel about family life from one of the greatest contemporary American writers, Pulitzer Prize-winner Anne Tyler.
A moving and intriguing family saga from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Accidental Tourist and The Amateur Marriage.
From the Pulitzer prize-winning Sunday Times bestseller Anne Tyler. Saint Maybe is now re-jacketed along with the rest of Tyler’s books in striking new backlist style
A classic novel from one of America’s greatest living novelists.
How on earth did I get like this? How? How did I ever become this person who’s not really me?
Another gem from the incomparable Anne Tyler, sparkling with diamond-sharp wit and observation, glowing with the warmth of her characters’ multifaceted, flawed, resilient humanity.
Quintessential Tyler but full of surprises - a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah’s Compass chimes subtly, heartbreakingly with our times.
From the Pulitzer prize-winning Sunday Times bestseller Anne Tyler. The Beginner’s Goodbye is now re-jacketed along with the rest of Tyler’s books in striking new backlist style
The whole family on the porch, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. From that porch we spool back through the generations…
The hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread
A bittersweet novel of family and self-discovery from the Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning author of A Spool of Blue ThreadWilla Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of…
