Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler

Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler

When eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before his eyes.

Anne Tyler likes to break America's heart, and she will do it again in Saint Maybe * New York Times *
Compulsively readable, realistic, funny, touching * The Times *
Saint Maybe shows Anne Tyler at the peak of her power - a real slice of middle America, blessed with equal amounts of humour, pathos and compassion that will ensure heartfelt devotion from all her readers * Time Out *
A brilliant writer of emotionally sophisticated novels, funny, tragic, wise
One of the truest writers alive * Sunday Times *

Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her bestselling novels include Breathing Lessons, The Accidental Tourist, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years, Back When We Were Grown-ups, Digging to America, A Spool of Blue Thread, Clock Dance, Redhead by the Side of the Road and French Braid.

In 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize; in 1994 she was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as 'the greatest novelist writing in English'; and in 2012 she received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. In 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize; and in 2020 Redhead by the Side of the Road was longlisted for the Booker Prize.

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ISBN 13	9780099914709
ISBN 10	0099914700
Title	Saint Maybe
Author	Anne Tyler
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1992-09-17
Number of pages	464
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.