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The Clock Winder
The Clock Winder
Author: Anne Tyler
From liner: In her fourth and most probing novel, Anne Tyler creates a marvelous portrait of an eccentric, fragmented Baltimore family, the Emersons, and of the girl who drifts into their lives, unaccountably manages to set things to rights (even the clocks), and -- despite her free-roaming spirit -- stays on, becoming inextricably involved wit...  more »
ISBN: 22589
Pages: 312
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Tunerlady avatar reviewed The Clock Winder on + 581 more book reviews
This was another great book from early Anne Tyler. I loved the quirky characters and the way the author describes them and their world..I could not put this one down for long!
pinkcypress avatar reviewed The Clock Winder on + 86 more book reviews
Love Anne Tyler, all her books give the reader such great insight into her characters.
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earlier work.
jerslp avatar reviewed The Clock Winder on + 7 more book reviews
A funny story of two quirky characters who, although opposite in so many ways, fit together beautifully.
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"The house had outlived its usefulness." is the first line of this 1972 Anne Tyler novel. Thus the house is introduced as a character in the novel in which the conflict, crisis, climax and resolution will occur. Each of the characters are brilliantly developed and once in the world of the Emersons, I never wanted to leave, just like the protagonist, Elizabeth Abbott.


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