The Resource Clock dance : a novel, Anne Tyler
Clock dance : a novel, Anne Tyler
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Resource Information
The item Clock dance : a novel, Anne Tyler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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- Summary
- 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 but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she's never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope, self-discovery, and second chances, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 400 pages (large print)
- Note
- Title from web page
- Isbn
- 9781984833648
- Label
- Clock dance : a novel
- Title
- Clock dance
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne Tyler
- Subject
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- trueBaltimore, Maryland
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueMarried women
- Self -- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- trueCommunity life
- Large type books
- trueSingle mothers
- trueMarriage
- trueMothers and sons
- trueSenior women
- trueFamilies
- trueGunshot victims
- Hope -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she's never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope, self-discovery, and second chances, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers
- Summary
- A lifetime of painful milestones and fading grandchild prospects compel a woman to help her son's ex, whose 9-year-old daughter needs protection from violent local dynamics
- Award
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- LibraryReads Favorites, 2018.
- Librarians' Choice (Australia), 2018.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10677206
- Cataloging source
- TEFBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tyler, Anne,
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3570.Y45
- LC item number
- C58 2018b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Self
- Hope
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Clock dance : a novel, Anne Tyler
- Note
- Title from web page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 1031404378
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 400 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781984833648
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Physical support
- rda.
- Label
- Clock dance : a novel, Anne Tyler
- Note
- Title from web page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 1031404378
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 400 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781984833648
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Physical support
- rda.
Subject
- trueBaltimore, Maryland
- trueCommunity life
- trueFamilies
- trueFamily relationships
- trueGentle reads
- trueGunshot victims
- Hope -- Fiction
- trueInterpersonal relations
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMarriage
- trueMarried women
- trueMothers and sons
- Self -- Fiction
- trueSenior women
- trueSingle mothers
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Library Locations
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Central LibraryBorrow it200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Evansville, IN, 47713, US37.971461 -87.565988
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