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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100449911594

ISBN-139780449911594

eBay Product ID (ePID)885853

Product Key Features

Book TitleDinner at the Homesick Restaurant : a Novel

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychological, Family Life, Literary

Publication Year1996

GenreFiction

AuthorAnne Tyler

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-276627

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Beautiful . . . funny, heart-hammering, wise . . . Superb entertainment." The New York Times "A book that should join those few that every literate person will have to read." The Boston Globe "A novelist who knows what a proper story is . . . [Tyler is] not only a good and artful writer, but a wise one as well." Newsweek "Anne Tyler is surely one of the most satisfying novelists working in America today." Chicago Tribune "In her ninth novel she has arrived at a new level of power." JOHN UPDIKE,The New Yorker, "Beautiful . . . funny, heart-hammering, wise . . . Superb entertainment." The New York Times "A book that should join those few that every literate person will have to read." The Boston Globe "A novelist who knows what a proper story is . . . [Tyler is] not only a good and artful writer, but a wise one as well." Newsweek "Anne Tyler is surely one of the most satisfying novelists working in America today." Chicago Tribune "In her ninth novel she has arrived at a new level of power." JOHN UPDIKE, The New Yorker

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a "funny, heart-hammering, wise" ( The New York Times) portrait of a family that will remind you why to read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love (PEOPLE). Abandoned by her wanderlusting husband, stoic Pearl raised her three children on her own. Now grown, the siblings are inextricably linked by their memories--some painful--which hold them together despite their differences. Hardened by life's disappointments, wealthy, charismatic Cody has turned cruel and envious. Thrice-married Jenny is errant and passionate. And Ezra, the flawed saint of the family, who stayed at home to look after his mother, runs a restaurant where he cooks what other people are homesick for, stubbornly yearning for the perfect family he never had. Now gathered during a time of loss, they will reluctantly unlock the shared secrets of their past and discover if what binds them together is stronger than what tears them apart. "[In Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Tyler] has arrived at a new level of power." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Marvelous, astringent, hilarious, [and] strewn with the banana peels of love." -- Cosmopolitan, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a "funny, heart-hammering, wise" ( The New York Times) portrait of a family that will remind you why "to read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love" (PEOPLE). Abandoned by her wanderlusting husband, stoic Pearl raised her three children on her own. Now grown, the siblings are inextricably linked by their memories--some painful--which hold them together despite their differences. Hardened by life's disappointments, wealthy, charismatic Cody has turned cruel and envious. Thrice-married Jenny is errant and passionate. And Ezra, the flawed saint of the family, who stayed at home to look after his mother, runs a restaurant where he cooks what other people are homesick for, stubbornly yearning for the perfect family he never had. Now gathered during a time of loss, they will reluctantly unlock the shared secrets of their past and discover if what binds them together is stronger than what tears them apart. "[In Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Tyler] has arrived at a new level of power." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Marvelous, astringent, hilarious, [and] strewn with the banana peels of love." -- Cosmopolitan, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Funny, heart-hammering, wise...An extremely beautiful book." -- The New York Times "A Book that should join those few that every literate person will have to read." -- The Boston Globe Abandoned by her wanderlusting husband, stoic Pearl raised her three children on her own. Now grown, the siblings are inextricably linked by their memories--some painful--which hold them together despite their differences. Hardened by life's disappointments, wealthy, charismatic Cody has turned cruel and envious. Thrice-married Jenny is errant and passionate. And Ezra, the flawed saint of the family, who stayed at home to look after his mother, runs a restaurant where he cooks what other people are homesick for, stubbornly yearning for the perfect family he never had. Now gathered during a time of loss, they will reluctantly unlock the shared secrets of their past and discover if what binds them together is stronger than what tears them apart. Soulful and redemptive--full of heartbreak and hope--this portrait of a family will remind you why Anne Tyler is one of the most beloved writers working today. " In Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Tyler] has arrived at a new level of power." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Marvelous, astringent, hilarious, and] strewn with the banana peels of love." -- Cosmopolitan

LC Classification NumberPS3570.Y45D5 2005