false 202948 24 "UTTERLY COMPELLING . . . WONDERFULLY SATISFYING . . . VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS."<br>--Chicago Tribune<br><br>BALTIMORE WOMAN DISAPPEARS DURING FAMILY VACATION, declares the headline. Forty-year-old Delia Grinstead is last seen strolling down the Delaware shore, wearing nothing more than a bathing suit and carrying a beach tote with five hundred dollars tucked inside. To her husband and three almost-grown children, she has vanished without trace or reason. But for Delia, who feels like a tiny gnat buzzing around her family's edges, "walking away from it all" is not a premeditated act but an impulse that will lead her into a new, exciting, and unimagined life. . . . <br><br>"TYLER DETAILS DELIA'S ADVENTURE WITH GREAT SKILL. . . . As so often in her earlier fiction, [she] creates distinct characters caught in poignantly funny situations. . . . Tyler writes with a clarity that makes the commonplace seem fresh and the pathetic touching."<br>--The New York Times 851165 book 1995 Ladder of Years total:2159|5:397|4:816|3:742|2:162|1:42| 2159 7841 2657 221 2 1 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 18:10:52 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 18:23:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 12:21:05 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 12 10:46:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 16:51:26 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 17:16:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 12:38:02 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 19:39:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Dec 04 09:17:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 09:21:04 -0800 2007
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