| Searching for Caleb Contributor(s): Tyler, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0449911748 ISBN-13: 9780449911747 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: An early triumph from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons and Saint Maybe. Duncan Peck is a restless man, constantly moving his family. His wife Justine is a fortune teller. Her grandfather is on a quest for the brother he lost in 1912. Soon, all three of them will journey back to the family's deepest roots. Previous publisher: Avon paperback. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96096698 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.51" W x 8.26" (0.83 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
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| Publisher Description: Magic and true, dazzling and wise...It has an astounding confidence, depth and range...A wonderful, wonderful novel.--The Boston Globe Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle class--Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes--they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that's why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother Daniel is still wondering. No longer willing to live without answers, he turns to his daughter-in-law, Justine, another Peck family eccentric. A studied tarot card reader, Justine comes across one message over and over in the cards: change is coming. With Daniel's help, she's hoping to find the courage to embrace whatever happens next. An unlikely pair struggling against a stifling family, Daniel and Justine believe they'll find freedom in just the right mix of magic, music, and mystery. |