false <![CDATA[Saint Maybe]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171656718m/112322.jpg 112322 26 Tyler makes things look so easy that she never gets enough credit, yet she portrays everyday Americans with such humor, grace and, ultimately, emotional force that her books are always deeply satisfying. In <B>Saint Maybe</B> her protagonist Ian Bedloe, stricken with guilt over the death of his older brother, raises three children unrelated to him by blood. He is strengthened in this Herculean task by the storefront Church of the Second Chance, to which he devotes himself with equal fervor. Someone once said all great writers are comic writers. Among living Americans, Tyler is exhibit A. 1629732 1991 Saint Maybe total:2294|5:516|4:901|3:742|2:112|1:23| 2294 8657 2755 161 5 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:31:05 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:41:00 -0700 2009
This rendering of Saint Maybe was no exception but the reader was...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 26 17:11:08 -0800 2009 Tue May 12 11:35:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 22 02:12:17 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 10:06:42 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 02:12:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Wed Sep 02 16:13:38 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 16:20:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 11:33:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 11:43:03 -0700 2009 grown children. It shows the evolution of families over time. The
youngest child Ian is weighed down by guilt when he discovers the Church
of the Second Chance. He then sets about earning God's forgiveness
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Perhaps I got spoiled with "When We Were Grown-ups" or just read it at the right time, because it said so much more about the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 16:52:13 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 16:55:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:49:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:41:57 -0700 2009
First of all, I was so incredibly happy that I went into this book knowing nothing at all about it. I read the back cover after I finished it and was so annoyed to find that it revealed the death of Danny righ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jan 02 13:08:05 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 13:08:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 02:43:38 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 08:26:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=112322