Ballantine Reader's Circle Back When We Were Grownups, (Paperback)

from lilibrarian

Rebecca Davitch married young to an older man with three daughters. When he died 6 years later, she took over the family business of hosting parties. Now the 3 stepdaughters and her daughter are grown, and Rebecca is keeping the business going and caring for her late husband's 99 year old uncle. ...

from whirled

Perhaps you need to be middle-aged to really get the full impact of Back When We Were Grownups. I did feel somewhat sympathetic towards the protagonist, Rebecca Davitch, who begins to question the years she has spent as a defacto matriarch, carer and general dogsbody for her long-dead husband's f...

from porch_reader

I listened to [Back When We Were Grownups] on audio over the past couple of weeks. I really enjoyed this story about Rebecca Davitch, the matriarch of a large, unruly family who owns an inn where parties are thrown. Her organizational skills and upbeat attitude have served her well in the busines...

from mhgatti

Anne Tyler has officially become my sure-fire go-to novelist. If I go into the library and don't find anything interesting on the "New Arrivals" wall, I know I can't go wrong picking up one of Tyler's novels. Lucky for me my branch has plenty of her books. That's not to say that Tyler's writing i...

from aprille

I loved this book. It grapples with the difference between who you believe yourself to be and the self you present to others, and makes a strong case that the self you present (through your actions) is actually more real. The main character perceives herself as a shy, intelligent studious girl, w...