Saint Maybe (Random House Large Print) - Hardcover

Tyler, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679407715 ISBN 13: 9780679407713

Publisher: Random House Large Print, 1991

Synopsis

Saint Maybe is the rich and absorbing story of a young man's guilt over his brother's death and his struggle to atone for the wrong he feels he has done.

On a quiet street in Baltimore in 1965, seventeen-year-old Ian Bedloe lives with his family in an "ideal, apple-pie household," enjoying the comfort of family traditions and indulging in all the usual dreams of the future. Until one night, when Ian's stinging words to his brother bring tragedy -- and from that careless moment on nothing can ever be the same.

Anne Tyler takes us along Ian's painful and poignant quest for forgiveness, from the Church of the Second Chance to Ian's gratifying, solitary work as a carpenter. Raising the three children that are thrust on him, he finds himself amazed, drowning in family and duty. Then, out of the very heart of the domestic clutter, a light begins to flash.

About this title

Review:

"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" (Lynne Truss)

"One of the truest writers alive" (Sunday Times)

Book Description:

From the Pulitzer prize-winning Sunday Times bestseller Anne Tyler. Saint Maybe is now re-jacketed along with the rest of Tyler’s books in striking new backlist style

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Large Print
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0679407715
• ISBN 13: 9780679407713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 337