Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
by Anne Tyler
Taste attributes: dramacomedyfamilyunsavouryheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeMoving and realistic: a heavy novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not her memory. Ever since 1944 when her husband left her, she has raised her three very different children on her own. Now grown, they have gathered together -- with anger, with hope, and with a beautiful, harsh, and dazzling story to tell...
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- Author
- Anne Tyler
- Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 314
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- Open Library
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