| The Clock Winder Contributor(s): Tyler, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0449911799 ISBN-13: 9780449911792 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: Mrs. Pamela Evans lives a lonely new widowhood outside of Baltimore, with only a house full of ticking clocks for company. Then she hires eccentric Elizabeth Abbott as a handyman and both discover that parts don't have to be a perfect match to work. "Anne Tyler is a magical writer." LOS ANGELES TIMES "From the Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96096706 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.56" W x 8.28" (0.66 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anne Tyler is a magical writer. --Los Angeles Times Mrs. Emerson, widowed with seven adult children, lives alone in crumbling Victorian mansion outside Baltimore with only a collection of antique clocks to keep her company. Elizabeth Abbott--twenty-three years old, aimless, bohemian, and beautiful--leads a vagabond lifestyle until she happens upon Mrs. Emerson's home and convinces the older woman to hire her as a handyman. When three of the strange, idiosyncratic Emerson children return to their childhood home for a visit, they are irresistibly drawn to Elizabeth. With wondrous observations and bittersweet humor, Tyler shows how this unsuspecting young woman becomes the North star that helps a stumbling, dysfunctional family find its footing. |