From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a rich & compelling novel, spanning three generations, about a mismatched marriage
- & its consequences.-Michael & Pauline seemed like the perfect couple
- young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in Baltimore, he was smitten, & in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayers of later years, Anne Tyler captures the nuances of everyday life with telling precision & sly humour.