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Clock Dance

Anne Tyler

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she's never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. The impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory -- surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places. --

GenresFamiliesFictionLife change eventsWidowsBaltimore (Md.)Novels

291 pages, 4 editions

English edition · First published 2018 by Alfred A. Knopf · ISBN 9780525521228

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Editions

4 editions

English

  • Clock Dance · Alfred A. Knopf · 2018 · ISBN 9780525521228 This page
  • Clock Dance · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 2019 · ISBN 9780525563020
  • Clock Dance · Random House Digital Inc. · 2018 · ISBN 9780525521235
  • Clock Dance · Random House Digital Inc. · 2018 · ISBN 9781473556232

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