The Tin Can Tree (by Anne Tyler)

I’m glad I decided to reread some of my novels by the American novelist Anne Tyler, but I think I’ve probably had my fill, at least for a while. I’ve just finished ‘The Tin Can Tree’, which I last read in September 2007.  Unsurprisingly, I didn’t remember any of it. But I’m not sure that I’ll recall much of it even a year from now, let alone another fifteen or sixteen years.
James is the main protagonist of the book; at least, I think he is. It’s hard to tell. It’s essentially about a mini com...