Clock dance : a novel
Tyler, Anne
Clock dance : a novel / Anne Tyler - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2018 - 291 p. ; 25 cm
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory - surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.
English
978052521228
Families----Fiction
Widows----Fiction
Life change events---Fiction
Baltimore (MD)---Fiction
PR6068.A57 / Q44 2004
FIC TYL
Clock dance : a novel / Anne Tyler - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2018 - 291 p. ; 25 cm
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory - surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.
English
978052521228
Families----Fiction
Widows----Fiction
Life change events---Fiction
Baltimore (MD)---Fiction
PR6068.A57 / Q44 2004
FIC TYL
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