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050	0	0	_aPS3570.Y45 _bN63 2009
082	1		_aFIC TYL _2
100	1		_aTyler, Anne
245	1	0	_aNoah's compass _b: a novel _c/ by Anne Tyler
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 2009.
300			_a277 p. _c; 25 cm.
520			_aA novel about a schoolteacher, forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life. Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesn't bother him. What does bother him is that he has lost the memory of what happened the first night after he moved into his spare, efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up a day later in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged. His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is well, something quite different. We all know a Liam. In fact, there may be a little of Liam in each of us.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aOlder men _x-Fiction
650		4	_aRetirees _x-Fiction
650		4	_aOld age _x-Psychological aspects _v--Fiction
655		4	_aPsychological fiction
655		4	_aHumorous fiction
942			_cMO
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