Back When We Were Grownups

Literary Sagas

Author: Anne Tyler

The latest #1 New York Times bestseller by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Accidental Tourist is now the subject of a Hallmark Hall of Fame television film, set to air in November 2004 on CBS, starring Blythe Danner, Peter Fonda, and Faye Dunaway…..Read More

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Say When

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The Amateur Marriage

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Run

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Songs Without Words

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Family Pictures

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Saint Maybe

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Dreams of Sleep

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The Art of Mending

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A Patchwork Planet

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The Beginner’s Goodbye

Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually… Continue Reading Posted in: Accidents, Death, Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Wives

Breathing Lessons

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