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The Clock Winder
The Clock Winder
Author: Anne Tyler
The house in Roland Park holds a cast of eccentric characters in a play waiting to unfold...until 20-year-old Elizabeth Abbott brings an irresistible magic into the Emerson household and starts the drama towards its inevitable and terrifying climax.
ISBN: 309085
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 280
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4.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, 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.