NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A novel of self-discovery and second chances from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--Willa Drake has had three opportunities to start her life over: in 1967, as a schoolgirl whose mother has suddenly disappeared; in 1977, when considering a marriage proposal; and in 1997, as a young widow trying to hold her family together.
So she is surprised when in 2017 she is given one last chance to change everything, after receiving a startling phone call from a stranger.
Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to help a young woman she's never met. This impulsive decision, maybe the first one she's consciously made in her life, will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places.
A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0525563024
Item Weight: 0.5 lbs
Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8.0 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 10,001 to 50,000 ratings
A TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London)
"Anne Tyler is one of this country's great artists . . . She has lost none of the inspired grace of her prose, nor her sad, frank humor, nor her limitless sympathy for women who ask for little and get less . . . Beautiful, understated, humane." --USA Today
"Tenderly devastating . . . Affecting . . . A quiet but sharply feminist statement." --Entertainment Weekly
"A psychologically astute study of an intelligent, curious woman . . . A triumph." --Boston Globe
"Exquisite. . . . What keeps us glued are the lovely, intricate details; the depiction of human emotion as odd and splendid; and the tiny flickers of hope that feel like bursts of joy." --O, The Oprah Magazine
"Tyler writes with enormous warmth about all her characters." --Baltimore Sun
"Tyler's stirring story celebrates the joys of self-discovery and the essential truth that family is ours to define." --People
"In Tyler's effortless, uncluttered prose, the novel beautifully explores an older woman's search for meaning and agency in her life."--The Christian Science Monitor
"Feels as comforting as coming home." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Pulls you right in and keeps on ticking . . . Tyler's novels reassure us that the possibilities for meaningful connection--which so often seem lost in our hectic world--are still out there." --Newsday
"Anne Tyler is the most dependably rewarding novelist now at work in our country." --The Wall Street Journal
"A gorgeous gem of a novel about family and second chances." --Bustle
"What's so amazing about Tyler's novels is the way she makes ordinary people and ordinary things so fascinating . . . In Tyler's hands, life's mundane activities feel vital . . . Revelatory . . . Unwrapping the story is a delight." --Chicago Tribune
"Full of wisdom about relationships, delivered in gorgeous language and with considerable charm." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Clock Dance is Anne Tyler at her best . . . An entertaining, heartwarming story about second chances and the real meaning of family . . . Full of the sorts of eccentric yet totally believable characters that Anne Tyler is a genius at creating . . . Captivating . . . A delight." --Greensboro News & Record (NC)
"A joy to read . . . These characters come to life off the page." --Baltimore Magazine
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.
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