Clock Dance
2018 novel by Anne Tyler
Clock Dance (2018, Alfred A. Knopf) is the 22nd novel published by American author Anne Tyler.[1]
Plot Summary
Eleven year old Willa Drake struggles to keep things together in the face of her mother's dramatic and disruptive behavior. As a young woman, she seeks stability in an early marriage, leaving college to build a steady and predictable environment for herself and her family. She must rebuild that life two decades later, after her husband's death. After another 20 years, at 61, Willa leads a comfortable, stylish life in Arizona with her semi-retired second husband, Peter. While she gets along fine in this environment, she finds it all confining and empty. Then one day, a stranger phones from Baltimore, seeking help for a young mother who has been seriously injured; the connection turns out to be that the woman is a former girlfriend of one of Willa's sons, the caller mistakenly assuming Willa is family. With few other commitments, Willa is drawn to fly east, husband in tow; they find Denise, her nine-year-old daughter Cheryl and a dog, Airplane, living in a small house in a rundown but lively Baltimore neighborhood. While she brings stability and support to Denise and Cheryl, Willa also reclaims her younger, freer and less deferential self.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Clock Dance" "The Library of Congress" Retrieved January 23, 2018
- ^ Kate Tuttle (August 1, 2018) "Anne Tyler’s Latest Heroine Quits Cushy Arizona for Quirky Baltimore", New York Times.
- ^ Ron Charles (July 3, 2018) "‘Clock Dance,’ Anne Tyler’s 22nd novel, feels familiar — for better and worse", The Washington Post.
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Works by Anne Tyler
- If Morning Ever Comes (1964)
- The Tin Can Tree (1965)
- A Slipping-Down Life (1970)
- The Clock Winder (1972)
- Celestial Navigation (1974)
- Searching for Caleb (1975)
- Earthly Possessions (1977)
- Morgan's Passing (1980)
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982)
- The Accidental Tourist (1985)
- Breathing Lessons (1988)
- Saint Maybe (1991)
- Ladder of Years (1995)
- A Patchwork Planet (1998)
- Back When We Were Grownups (2001)
- The Amateur Marriage (2004)
- Digging to America (2006)
- Noah's Compass (2010)
- The Beginner's Goodbye (2012)
- A Spool of Blue Thread (2015)
- Vinegar Girl (2016)
- Clock Dance (2018)
- The Accidental Tourist (film, 1988)
- Saint Maybe (TV film, 1998)
- A Slipping-Down Life (film, 1999)
- Earthly Possessions (TV film, 1999)
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