Friday; some Anne Tyler techniques from "Searching For Caleb"...

1. Things serving as protagonists...


p. 12:
"The elevator toiled upward, creaking and sighing."

p. 13:
"Puffy eyes took her in from top to toe, her streaky ribbons of hair and her brown coat with the uneven hemline."


2. Lists, with a surprise in them...

p. 19:
"The room gave off an icy chill. Everything was bare, scraped and smudged by the past -- four bald spots on the linoleum where the table had once stood, and dimples where Duncan had tipped back in his chair, scorches and chips on the counterto...