"Tyler has proved again and again that a chronicle of middle-class family life in Baltimore can illuminate the human condition as acutely as any novel of ideas, albeit with a more modest demeanor. "Anne Tyler's novels are invitations to spend time in the houses of the Baltimore neighborhood that she has built-house by house, block by block, word by word-over her long and bright career." -Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books She's a comic novelist, and a wise one." - New York Times Book Review Her great gift is playing against the American dream, the dark side of which is the falsehood at its heart: that given hard work and good intentions, any family can attain the Norman Rockwell ideal of happiness. Tyler has a knack for turning sitcom situations into something far deeper and more moving. Quintessential Anne Tyler, as well as quintessential American comedy.
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