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The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her hus...

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Main Author: Tyler, Anne (Author)
Other Authors: Farr, Kimberly (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [New York] : Random House Audio, [2022]
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Families > Fiction.
Generations > Fiction.
Vacations > Fiction.
Baltimore (Md.) > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Audiobooks.
Summary: The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping his family's orbit, for reasons none of them understand. Yet, as these lives advance across decades, the Garretts' influences on one another ripple ineffably but unmistakably through each generation.
Item Description: Title from web page.
Compact discs.
Physical Description: 8 audio discs (9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 09:00:00
ISBN: 9780593551622
0593551621
Author Notes: 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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