Earthly Possessions, (Paperback)

from jeffome

i must say that Anne Tyler certainly has a knack for creating remarkably quirky characters that are nonetheless lovable on some level...this is my 3rd tyler book....Searching for Caleb & The Clock Winder also had unusual folks that i never would spend much time with if i encountered them in my li...

from dianaleez

Anne Tyler's characters are quirky - that's a given. And this is an especially quirky and interesting lot. Although an early book, this is a vintage Tyler plot - the woman who needs to run away from home. Thirty-five-year-old Charlotte is in the process of leaving her family - again - when she is...

from kingsportlibrary

This is the story of Charlotte Emory, a woman who has always felt tied down by her old, stifling parents and later her minister husband. (She does not have religious beliefs.) Charlotte tries giving away all the excess furniture that was abandoned by her free-spirited mother-in-law. She gets caug...

from dianaleez

Anne Tyler's characters are quirky - that's a given. And this is an especially quirky and interesting lot. Although an early book, this is a vintage Tyler plot - the woman who needs to run away from home. Thirty-five-year-old Charlotte is in the process of leaving her family - again - when she is...

from jeffome

i must say that Anne Tyler certainly has a knack for creating remarkably quirky characters that are nonetheless lovable on some level...this is my 3rd tyler book....Searching for Caleb & The Clock Winder also had unusual folks that i never would spend much time with if i encountered them in my li...