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Book Review of Ladder of Years

Ladder of Years
Ladder of Years
Author: Anne Tyler
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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From Library Journal
"Delia Grinstead begins a new life... by simply walking away from her family's vacation at the beach.
She spends the next year reinventing herself, no longer the doctor's faithful and timid wife, the dutiful mother of three, the practical sister.
Finally, she discovers a life of her own; for the first time she is independent, away from the home and practice her husband inherited from her father.
The detachment the author puts Delia through is common Tyler territory: at times surprising, at times perfectly mundane as Delia re-creates a life and an identity...Tyler fans will appreciate the familiar twists on the commonplace and the author's endearing characters."