Clock dance /
Tyler, Anne,
Clock dance / Anne Tyler. - First large print edition. - 389 pages (large print) ; 24 cm -
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.
9781984833648 1984833642
Families--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Self--Fiction.
Hope--Fiction.
Baltimore (Md.)--Fiction.
Large type books.
Novels.
Clock dance / Anne Tyler. - First large print edition. - 389 pages (large print) ; 24 cm -
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.
9781984833648 1984833642
Families--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Self--Fiction.
Hope--Fiction.
Baltimore (Md.)--Fiction.
Large type books.
Novels.