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Anybody read Ann Tyler?

I’ve been reading a few of her books and cannot tell if she is tongue in cheek or serious with her approach to the characters. What is apparent is that she’s quite a good writer.

I liked “Breathing Lessons” which won awards, including the Pulitzer, but the main character has to be one of the most annoying, irritating literary creations of all time.

by Anonymousreply 12May 6, 2025 6:51 PM

Is this a lesbian thread?

by Anonymousreply 1May 6, 2025 2:24 PM

Breathing Lessons was a very entertaining book. I think there was a TV movie made of it as well

by Anonymousreply 2May 6, 2025 2:28 PM

Read The Accidental Tourist. It's great, better than Breathing Lessons. She's a very appealing writer.

by Anonymousreply 3May 6, 2025 4:51 PM

Anne.

I’ve read a ton of her stuff.

The Accidental Tourist is a masterpiece.

Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant and Searching For Caleb are even better.

Breathing Lessons is a riot (for Tyler). I remember laughing and laughing. There was a movie that as R2 — a Hallmark Hall Of Fame production, yet. Joanne Woodward and James Garner. Perfectly cast. A terrific story. So Tyler. I loved everything about it.

I also liked Ladder of Years (though it’s the last one I read).

by Anonymousreply 4May 6, 2025 5:01 PM

Oh! I liked A Patchwork Planet, too. That’s a good one.

by Anonymousreply 5May 6, 2025 5:05 PM

It’s terrific. The book is better. But this is a great companion piece.

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by Anonymousreply 6May 6, 2025 5:06 PM

I remember enjoying Saint Maybe quite a bit.

by Anonymousreply 7May 6, 2025 5:08 PM

[quote]Is this a lesbian thread?

No, it's a Datalounge thread.

by Anonymousreply 8May 6, 2025 5:12 PM

She's a fabulous writer. The neanderthals who make up the public do not deserve her.

by Anonymousreply 9May 6, 2025 5:25 PM

R4/R5 here. R7, Saint Maybe is a personal favorite (also made into a movie by Hallmark Hall of Fame).

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by Anonymousreply 10May 6, 2025 5:27 PM

I'm from Baltimore. She is one of the few good things to come out of this hellhole.

by Anonymousreply 11May 6, 2025 5:31 PM

She rarely gives interviews but in her latest it was revealed she had left her longtime Baltimore house for an assisted living home. Made me sad.

by Anonymousreply 12May 6, 2025 6:51 PM
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