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From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriageand its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect coupleyoung, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mothers grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register

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Author

Tyler, Anne

Publisher

New York: Ballantine Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345472458

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.59 / 5 (254 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14