A heartbreakingly perfect new Anne Tyler novel about a 53-year-old woman who suddenly asks herself whether she has turned into the wrong person.
Joe and Rebecca meet at a party at a crumbling 19th century house in Baltimore, and Rebecca soon finds herself embracing not only this large spirited man and his extended family, but expertly hosting endless parties in the ornate, high-ceiling rooms where people paid to have their family celebrations in style.
But now, years after she has lost her husband in an automobile accident, she asks herself whether she is really this outgoing happy person? Or is she an imposter in her own life?
Funny, moving, tragic, this is Anne Tyler's finest novel yet.
