Anne Tyler

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Utah

William Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrew Retold: a Novel

Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner. Dr. Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. There’s only one problem: his brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, all would be lost. When Dr. Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he’s relying – as usual – on Kate to help him. Kate is furious: this time he’s really asking too much. But will she be able to resist the two men’s touchingly ludicrous campaign to bring her around?

Vinegar Girl

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A few dings here and there, but overall in good condition. No tone pages that I could see, no dog eared pages, no tears or rips, and the binding is tight. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arkansas

A Patchwork Planet

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One of the Best Books of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, The Christian Science Monitor Willa Drake has had three opportunities to start her life over: in 1967, as a schoolgirl whose mother has suddenly disappeared; in 1977, when considering a marriage proposal; and in 1997, as a young widow trying to hold her family together. So she is surprised when in 2017 she is given one last chance to change everything, after receiving a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to help a young woman she's never met. This impulsive decision, maybe the first one she's consciously made in her life, will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.

Clock Dance

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A Novel

Micah Mortimer isn't the most polished person you'll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his days running errands for work - his TECH HERMIT sign cheerily displayed on the roof of his car - maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning). He is content with the steady balance of his life. But then the order of things starts to tilt. His woman friend Cassia (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a 'girlfriend') tells him she's facing eviction because of a cat. And when a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son, Micah is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle. Redhead by the Side of the Road is an intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who sometimes finds those around him just out of reach - and a love story about the differences that make us all unique.

Redhead by the Side of the Road

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Florida

A major new novel from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--a freshly observed, funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s up to our pandemic present. The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping his family's orbit, for reasons none of them understand. Yet, as these lives advance across decades, the Garretts' influences on one another ripple ineffably but unmistakably through each generation. Full of heartbreak and hilarity, French Braid is classic Anne Tyler: a stirring, uncannily insightful novel of tremendous warmth and humor that illuminates the kindnesses and cruelties of our daily lives, the impossibility of breaking free from those who love us, and how close--yet how unknowable--every family is to itself.

French Braid

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Arizona

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Alabama

Saint Maybe is the rich and absorbing story of a young man's guilt over his brother's death and his struggle to atone for the wrong he feels he has done. On a quiet street in Baltimore in 1965, seventeen-year-old Ian Bedloe lives with his family in an "ideal, apple-pie household," enjoying the comfort of family traditions and indulging in all the usual dreams of the future. Until one night, when Ian's stinging words to his brother bring tragedy -- and from that careless moment on nothing can ever be the same. Anne Tyler takes us along Ian's painful and poignant quest for forgiveness, from the Church of the Second Chance to Ian's gratifying, solitary work as a carpenter. Raising the three children that are thrust on him, he finds himself amazed, drowning in family and duty. Then, out of the very heart of the domestic clutter, a light begins to flash.

Saint Maybe

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New Jersey

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.

Tennessee

Some wear and tear. Bargain sticker on cover. See photos.

North Carolina

Excellent condition with unbroken spine. Mini wear in edges of covers is pictured.

One reader, in excellent like new condition but does have the roaming gnome stamp on the interior front cover as pictured 

Maryland

"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER - SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE -NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "PEOPLE" AND""USA TODAY"" -NAMEDONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "The Washington Post "NPR "Chicago Tribune St. Louis Post-Dispatch The Telegraph BookPage" "Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader s Circle for author chats and more. " It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon. . . . This is how Abby Whitshank always describes the day she fell in love with Red in July 1959. The Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate an indefinable kind of specialness, but like all families, their stories reveal only part of the picture: Abby and Red and their four grown children have accumulated not only tender moments, laughter, and celebrations, but also jealousies, disappointments, and carefully guarded secrets. From Red s parents, newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s, to the grandchildren carrying the Whitshank legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century, here are four generations of lives unfolding in and around the sprawling, lovingly worn house that has always been their anchor. Praise for "A Spool of Blue Thread" An act of literary enchantment . . . Anne] Tyler remains among the best chroniclers of family life this country has ever produced. "The Washington Post " Quintessential Anne Tyler, as well as quintessential American comedy . . . She] has a knack for turning sitcom situations into something far deeper and more moving. "The New York Times Book Review" By my count I ve now reviewed around fifty books for "USA Today." I ve never given any of them four stars until today: to "A Spool of Blue Thread, " the masterful twentieth novel by Anne Tyler. "USA Today " By the end of this deeply beguiling novel, we come to know a reality entirely different from the one at the start. "O: The Oprah Magazine" Well-crafted, utterly absorbing and compelling . . . probably the best novel you will read all year. "Chicago Tribune" A miracle of sorts . . . tender, touching and funny . . . an] understated masterpiece. Associated Press Exploring the] dichotomy the imperfections that reside within a polished exterior is Tyler s specialty, and her latest generation-spanning work accomplishes just that, masterfully and monumentally. "Elle" The story of any family is told through the prism of time. And no storyteller compares to Tyler when it comes to unspooling those tales. "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" Vintage Anne Tyler . . . The Whitshanks are] rendered with such immediacy and texture that they might be our next-door neighbors. "Los Angeles Times" The magic of Tyler s novels is that] youimagine these characters carrying on, muddling through, enduring the necessary sorrows and quiet joys of their lives somewhere beyond the page. " The Seattle Times" The sort of novel that s hard to disentangle yourself from. Warm, charming and emotionally radiant, it surely must be counted as among Tyler s best. "The Miami Herald" Prose so polished it practically glows on the page. " Houston Chronicle""

A Spool of Blue Thread

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Oregon

During a ninety-mile drive to her best friend's husband's funeral, Maggie and her husband, Ira, recall and re-evaluate the details of their twenty-eight-year marriage. Reader's Guide included. Reissue. 10,000 first printing.

Breathing Lessons

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Maine

Beck Davitch looks back on her thirty-year marriage to Joe and her role as a mother and manager of the Open Arms, wondering if she is living the life she was meant to live and reconsidering her dedication to the family business.

Back When We Were Grownups

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California

Indiana

New York

Forty-year-old Celia Grinstead, mother of three almost-grown children, impulsively walks away from her marriage and sets off into the unknown to begin an entirely new life, but suddenly she discovers that she is accumulating fresh responsibilities. 300,000 first printing. BOMC Main.

Ladder of Years

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Pennsylvania

Anne Tyler is the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Breathing Lessons, and many other acclaimed works of fiction. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, and Harper's. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her husband and two children.

Earthly Possessions

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Nevada

Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their very different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their lives, their relationship, and their family, in a compelling novel spanning three generations. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 300,000 first printing.

The Amateur Marriage

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In her fourteenth novel, a New York Times best-seller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist follows a loveable loser and occasional thief as he tries to reform under the influence of a decent young woman. Reprint.

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