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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
April 1, 2002
Pages
273
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345446862
ISBN-10
0345446860
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
A Spool of Blue Thread | The Amateur Marriage | Breathing Lessons | The Accidental Tourist | Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | Ladder of Years | Saint Maybe | If Morning Ever Comes | The Beginner's Goodbye
A Spool of Blue Thread | The Amateur Marriage | Breathing Lessons | The Accidental Tourist | Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | Ladder of Years | Saint Maybe | If Morning Ever Comes | The Beginner's Goodbye
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
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.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: âA WONDERFUL NOVEL . . . Tylerâs eye and ear for familial give and take is unerring, her humanity irresistible. Youâll want to turn back to the first chapter the moment you finish the last.â
âPeople (Page-Turner of the Week)
âSTUNNING . . . âOnce upon a time,â the story begins, âthere was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.â . . . With Rebecca Davitch, Tyler has created a character who is brave enough to look back on her life and to imagine herself making different kinds of choices. Brave enough to wonder what honesty looks like, whether there is ever really a single distillation of self that is unshakable and true. . . . Anne Tyler has a talent for spinning out characters . . . who go on living long after their stories end.â
âThe Baltimore Sun
âHer characters endear themselves to the reader with their candor and their wit and their simple decency. . . . The charm of an Anne Tyler novel lies in the clarity of her prose and the wisdom of her observations.â
âThe Washington Post Book World
âRESEMBLES JANE AUSTENâS PERSUASION IN THAT ITâS A NOVEL ABOUT SECOND CHANCES . . . The tension that keeps the narrative alive is our desire for Rebecca to get the recognition and respect that we know she deserves from her family, and from herself. Itâs always good to have a character to root for.â
âSan Jose Mercury News
âMaybe thereâs something glorious to be said, after all, for companionship, common cause, and sanctuary. And what there is to say, Anne Tyler has been saying for decades, with gravity and grace.â
âThe New York Times Book Review
âPeople (Page-Turner of the Week)
âSTUNNING . . . âOnce upon a time,â the story begins, âthere was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.â . . . With Rebecca Davitch, Tyler has created a character who is brave enough to look back on her life and to imagine herself making different kinds of choices. Brave enough to wonder what honesty looks like, whether there is ever really a single distillation of self that is unshakable and true. . . . Anne Tyler has a talent for spinning out characters . . . who go on living long after their stories end.â
âThe Baltimore Sun
âHer characters endear themselves to the reader with their candor and their wit and their simple decency. . . . The charm of an Anne Tyler novel lies in the clarity of her prose and the wisdom of her observations.â
âThe Washington Post Book World
âRESEMBLES JANE AUSTENâS PERSUASION IN THAT ITâS A NOVEL ABOUT SECOND CHANCES . . . The tension that keeps the narrative alive is our desire for Rebecca to get the recognition and respect that we know she deserves from her family, and from herself. Itâs always good to have a character to root for.â
âSan Jose Mercury News
âMaybe thereâs something glorious to be said, after all, for companionship, common cause, and sanctuary. And what there is to say, Anne Tyler has been saying for decades, with gravity and grace.â
âThe New York Times Book Review
Editions
Paperback
Reprint edition from Ballantine Books (October 26, 2004)
9780345477248 | details & prices | 328 pages | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $7.50
About: 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.
About: 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.
The price comparison is for this edition
Reissue edition from Ballantine Books (April 1, 2002)
9780345446862 | details & prices | 273 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $16.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
CD/Spoken Word
With Blair Brown (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Random House (July 18, 2006)
9780739333426 | details & prices | 6.00 × 5.00 × 2.00 in. | 0.46 lbs | List price $19.99
About: "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person.
About: "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person.
With Blair Brown (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Random House (May 1, 2001)
9780375418846 | details & prices | 5.50 × 4.75 × 2.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $34.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Blair Brown (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Random House (May 1, 2001)
9780375418839 | details & prices | 4.00 × 6.00 × 2.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $29.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
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