Anne Tyler
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
"Duncan Peck is a restless man with a fascination for randomness--which translates into constant moves for his family. His wife, Justine, is a highly accessible fortune-teller who has problems piecing together fragments of the past. Her grandfather, Daniel, is on a quest of his own, longing to find the brother who simply walked down the driveway one spring day in 1912 with nothing more than a fiddle in his hand, never to return. All three are taking...
23) The tin can tree
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Larksville, the Pike family is hopelessly out of step with the daily rhythms of life after the tragic, accidental death of six-year-old Janie Rose. Mrs. Pike seldom speaks, blaming herself, while Mr. Pike is forced to come out of his long, comfortable silence. Then there is ten-year-old Simon, who is suddenly without a baby sister -- and without understanding why she's gone.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Anne Tyler's retelling of the Shakespeare play "The taming of the shrew." Kate, a socially awkward young woman, adored by the preschool children she teaches but misunderstood by her peers. Her father is a scientific genius, but not so great on emotions. About to lose his (equally genius, equally socially inept) research assistant, Pyotr Cherbakov, because of visa problems, and desperate to save the project that is his life's work, he comes up with...