Searching for Caleb
Anne Tyler
(Author)
Description
The beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings us a novel that is "funny and lyric and true" (The New Yorker). Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle class--Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes--they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that's why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother Daniel is still wondering. No longer willing to live without answers, he turns to his daughter-in-law, Justine, another Peck family eccentric. A studied tarot card reader, Justine comes across one message over and over in the cards: change is coming. With Daniel's help, she's hoping to find the courage to embrace whatever happens next. An unlikely pair struggling against a stifling family, Daniel and Justine believe they'll find freedom in just the right mix of magic, music, and mystery.Product Details
Price
$16.00
Publisher
Vintage
Publish Date
August 27, 1996
Pages
336
Dimensions
5.51 X 8.26 X 0.73 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780449911747
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About the Author
ANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. Her eleventh novel, Breathing Lessons, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews
"Reading [Tyler], one is constantly being startles by such moments: gestures, words, wrinkles of thought and feeling that are at once revelatory and exactly right." --The New York Times
"Funny and lyric and true, exquisite in its details and ambitious in its design." --John Updike, The New Yorker
"Funny and lyric and true, exquisite in its details and ambitious in its design." --John Updike, The New Yorker
