| Earthly Possessions Contributor(s): Tyler, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0449911810 ISBN-13: 9780449911815 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: "To read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love." PEOPLE Charlotte Emory has always lived a quiet, conventional life in Clarion, Maryland. She lives as simply as possible, and one day decides to simplify everything and leave her husband. Her last trip to the bank throws Charlotte's life into an entirely different direction when a restless young man in a nylon jacket takes her hostage during the robbery--and soon the two are heading south into an unknown future, and a most unexpected fate.... "From the Paperback edition. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96096691 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.55" W x 8.28" (0.43 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: To read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love.--PEOPLE Magazine Charlotte Emory has always lived a quiet, conventional life in Clarion, Maryland. She lives as simply as possible, and one day decides to simplify everything and leave her husband. Her last trip to the bank throws Charlotte's life into an entirely different direction when a restless young man in a nylon jacket takes her hostage during the robbery--and soon the two are heading south into an unknown future, and a most unexpected fate, in Puliter Prize-winning author, Anne Tyler's skillful seventh novel. "A taste of Anne Tyler, once acquired, is a splendid addiction."--John Leonard, The New York Times |