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Anne Tyler. You know what you get when you get Anne Tyler. You get difficult people. Antisocial people. People who don't get along well with others. Irritating people.
You get people like Vinegar Girl. A girl with bite.
And then she meets her match. Anne Tyler's good at that.
(And so, by the way, is Shakespeare. Hint, hint. Think Taming of the Shrew.) ...more
You get people like Vinegar Girl. A girl with bite.
And then she meets her match. Anne Tyler's good at that.
(And so, by the way, is Shakespeare. Hint, hint. Think Taming of the Shrew.) ...more
I was amazed by the simplicity of this novel, yet the powerful messages it carries about many social aspects of our modern times, like immigration, naturalization or gender differences to name just few of them. To sum it up, it is a novel about finding your own place in the society.
Wonderful. Goofy, sweet, funny and human. Loved every minute of listening to the audio.
Another solid writing effort from Ms. Tyler, have been a fan since the accidental tourist
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