The Amateur Marriage: A Novel
5 journalers for this copy...
Anne Tyler writes books that are perfect for me. Families. Marriages. Relationships. Why do parents and kids not get along? What causes a kid to go wrong? How do marriages unravel? Tyler picks a family and tells the family's story; I feel like I'm walking at the track with Tyler as she tells me about some people she knows. No answers. No should-haves or ought-tos. Tyler simply tells the story of the family, slowly, moving around from person to person, in bits and pieces, without hype or show. I'm left with a deep sense of compassion for each character that seems to carry over into my real life.
Journal Entry 2 by debnance at Controlled Release (Details In Notes) in -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Texas USA on Friday, November 26, 2004
Released on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at about 10:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Postal System: Mailing to a book friend in Alvin, Texas USA.
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This will be heading to California tomorrow!
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This will be heading to California tomorrow!
Oh, I'm happy to have this new-to-me Anne Tyler - and such a nice HB!
I liked your sense of walking around the track with this author. Just returned from walking the track with teacher friends at lunchtime at the high school I retired from. Such good talking/walking time with friends!
Thanks so much, debnance!
I liked your sense of walking around the track with this author. Just returned from walking the track with teacher friends at lunchtime at the high school I retired from. Such good talking/walking time with friends!
Thanks so much, debnance!
Loved the chance to read this Anne Tyler. Thanks again, debnance!
What a blend of heart, sadness, misunderstanding, just-missing-the-mark in relationships, lifelong impacts (positive and negative) of family relationships - everyday life experienced over time.
Sending to BC friend redhouse.
What a blend of heart, sadness, misunderstanding, just-missing-the-mark in relationships, lifelong impacts (positive and negative) of family relationships - everyday life experienced over time.
Sending to BC friend redhouse.
Journal Entry 5 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Thursday, February 17, 2005
Arrived safely this morning. Many thanks. I had never read Anne Tyler before I became a bookcrosser, now I'm a fan, she's great.
Just received this in the mail today from a trade with Redhouse for 'Breathing Lesson's'. Thank you so much! This has been on my TBR list for quite some time!
Once again Anne Tyler writes the disfunctional family brilliantly!! I loved that the book spanned 70 years and touched largly on all members of the family at one time or another!!
Once again Anne Tyler writes the disfunctional family brilliantly!! I loved that the book spanned 70 years and touched largly on all members of the family at one time or another!!
Journal Entry 8 by vzfamily at Postal Release in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Ohio USA on Monday, July 11, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (7/11/2005 UTC) at Postal Release in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Ohio USA
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Sending this to Judester - trading for 'What We Keep' by Elizabeth Berg. I hope you enjoy the book!!
Sending this to Judester - trading for 'What We Keep' by Elizabeth Berg. I hope you enjoy the book!!
received in trade form vzfamily for Elizabeth Berg's What We Keep... so looking forward to this one .. thanks so much :)
finished this one for last month's book club .. I really liked it .. The characters were not all likeable, but certainly realistic .. I love the family ineractions how life doesn't always have to turn out perfectly. Thanks for sharing it with me!