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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's Ladder of Years.  I reread it this winter and found myself even more moved by the middle of it (when she's living on the Eastern Shore by herself) than when I read it last.

I am someone who rereads favorite books. and I often return to Anne Tyler when I'm not sure what else to read.  Like the other poster, I would recommend Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant and The Accidental Tourist as well.   A Spool of Blue Thread, Saint Maybe, and A Patchwork Planet are also amazing and maybe not as well known as some of her others.

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I also liked her recent "Redhead by the side of the road"
I read an interview with Anne Tyler who said that despite all her kids having grown up and moved away, her husband having passed about a decade ago, she still has fantasies about walking out of her life and starting again, living alone, and she is already living alone. [/quote]

Interesting!  So the fantasies are more about starting fresh and escaping something other than people.  Kind of like in my life when I've assumed my discontent was work related but in hindsight realize it was easier to use work as the reason than it was to admit to myself that it was a personal relationship and not work that was causing my issues.[/quote]

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