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Noah's Compass

By Anne Tyler

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
0307272400, 9780307272409, 0385667779, 9780385667777, 0739328646, 9780739328644, 0307372618, 9780307372611, 0307273334, 9780307273338
ASIN
B002XHNOO2
LCC
PS3570.Y45 N63 2009
Open Library ID
OL23207821M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
329 kB (336629 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\174
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesn’t bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new, spare, and efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged.His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is—well, something quite different.We all know a Liam. In fact, there may be a little of Liam in each of us. Which is why Anne Tyler’s lovely novel resonates so deeply.

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