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A Slipping-Down Lifeby Anne Tyler
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager, lonely and silent. But her quiet life is shattered when she hears the voice of Drumstrings Casey on the radio and becomes instantly attracted to him. She manages to meet him, bursting out of her lonely shell — and into the attentive gaze of the intangible man who becomes all too real... Review:"One of the most beguiling and mesmerizing writers in America." The Cleveland Plain Dealer Review:"Not merely good....She is wickedly good!" John Updike Review:"Tyler's characters have character: quirks, odd angles of vision, colorful mean streaks and harmonic longings." Time Review:"Her people are triumphantly alive." The New York Times Synopsis:Shy, plump teenager Evie Decker falls in love with a pop singer's voice on the radio and begins to break out of her shell as she pursues the rock star by frequenting a local roadhouse. Synopsis:"Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place." NEWSDAY Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager, lonely and silent. But her quiet life is shattered when she hears the voice of Drumstrings Casey on the radio and becomes instantly attracted to him. She manages to meet him, bursting out of her lonely shell--and into the attentive gaze of the intangible man who becomes all too real.... From the Paperback edition. About the AuthorAnne Tyler was born in Minneapolis in 1941 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She graduated at nineteen from Duke University and went on to do graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. Tyler’s eleventh novel, Breathing Lessons, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. She is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore. From the Paperback edition. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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