To read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love.
PEOPLE 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.
About the Author: Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina.
She is the author of many novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist, Noah's Compass, and A Spool of Blue Thread.
She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Tyler lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
