Anne Tyler's A Slipping Down Life
Well, I think I owe my book club an apology! I picked an Anne Tyler novel for us mostly at random—this one is set in NC, and though I read it years ago, I didn’t remember anything about it. But it’s an early Tyler novel, and it’s a little bit bleak (not to mention kind of racist and fatphobic). I actually see why I liked this reading it as a teen, because it’s about a shy and awkward teenager who becomes obsessed with a local musician and does something dumb (super relatable). Her character arc is really interesting, though, and it ends up feeling satisfying. I guess we’ll see if book club agrees! B+.
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