Description
A sudden bank robbery jolts Charlotte Emory’s carefully managed life, but the real shock comes from what it reveals about the family ties she can’t seem to escape. On the brink of leaving her dour preacher husband, Charlotte is pulled between a checkered past, a stalled attempt at renewal, and the steady pressure of parents who insist they know what her future should look like. As relationships strain and loyalties shift, the novel explores how ordinary choices—made under love, duty, and resentment—can trap people as surely as any locked door. With Anne Tyler’s signature blend of wry observation and compassionate realism, this story turns domestic dysfunction into a quietly gripping portrait of longing, reinvention, and the stubborn weight of “earthly possessions.”
Available Editions
paperback
Ivy Books
Published Jan 1, 1997
215 pages
ISBN: 9780804108898
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First Published
1977
Language
eng
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