Ladder of Years Paperback - 1996
by Anne Tyler
The bestselling and acclaimed new novel by the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons and The Accidental Tourist. Married with three almost-grown children, Delia Grinstead vanishes from the family's beach house without a trace--and apparently without a reason. But for Delia, "walking away from it all" is an impulse that will lead her into a new, exciting and unimagined life.
From the jacket flap
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
BALTIMORE WOMAN DISAPPEARS DURING FAMILY VACATION, declares the headline. Forty-year-old Delia Grinstead is last seen strolling down the Delaware shore, wearing nothing more than a bathing suit and carrying a beach tote with five hundred dollars tucked inside. To her husband and three almost-grown children, she has vanished without trace or reason. But for Delia, who feels like a tiny gnat buzzing around her family's edges, "walking away from it all" is not a premeditated act, but an impulse that will lead her into a new, exciting, and unimagined life . . . . "TYLER DETAILS DELIA'S ADVENTURE WITH GREAT SKILL . . . As so often in her earlier fiction--Celestial Navigation, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist, and her nine other novels--[she] creates distinct characters caught in poignantly funny situations. . . .Tyler writes with a clarity that makes the commonplace seem fresh and the pathetic touching."
--The New York Times"UTTERLY COMPELLING. . .WONDERFULLY SATISFYING. . .Ladder of Years is virtually flawless."
--Chicago Tribune"A 'PAGE-TURNER' IN THE BEST SENSE . . . One wants to lightly caress the pages of the story because one cares for Ms. Tyler's touchingly flawed characters. . . . Both madcap and genteel, Anne Tyler knows as well as anyone that 'human beings lead many lives.' Casually, delightfully, Ladder of Years will tell you just how we humans manage this trick."
--The Baltimore Sun
Details
- Title Ladder of Years
- Author Anne Tyler
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date March 26, 1996
- ISBN 9780449910573 / 0449910571
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.07 x 5.18 x 0.92 in (20.50 x 13.16 x 2.34 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Women - United States - Fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- New York Times, 06/16/1996, Page 48
- Publishers Weekly, 02/26/1996, Page 0
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