The amateur marriage

Description

My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world' Nick Hornby, Independent on Sunday. From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel, spanning three generations, about a mismatched marriage - and its consequences.-Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in Baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayers of later years, Anne Tyler captures the nuances of everyday life with telling precision and sly humour.

First Sentence

Anyone in the neighborhood could tell you how Michael and Pauline first met.

Excerpt

Anyone in the neighborhood could tell you how Michael and Pauline first met.

Description

Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Ballantine reader's circle

Other Editions

• The amateur marriage: a novelBallantine Books2004-01-01
• The Amateur MarriagePaperbackBallantine2004-01-01
• The amateur marriageDistributed by Random House2004-01-01
• Het amateurhuwelijkCargo2004-01-01
• The Amateur MarriageElectronic resourceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group2004-01-01
• The Amateur MarriageAudio CassetteRandom House Audio2004-01-06