Earthly Possessions

by Anne Tyler

Overview

From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Breathing Lessons—Charlotte Emory has always lived a quiet, conventional life in Clarion, Maryland. She lives as simply as possible, and one day decides to simplify everything and leave her husband.

Her last trip to the bank throws Charlotte's life into an entirely different direction when a restless young man in a nylon jacket takes her hostage during the robbery—and soon the two are heading south into an unknown future, and a most unexpected fate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780449911815
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/27/1996
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	719,429
Product dimensions:	5.21(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

ANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. Her eleventh novel, Breathing Lessons, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Hometown:

Baltimore, Maryland

Date of Birth:

October 25, 1941

Place of Birth:

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Education:

B.A., Duke University, 1961

Editorial Reviews

"To read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love."—PEOPLE Magazine

“A taste of Anne Tyler, once acquired, is a splendid addiction.”—The New York Times

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