
A Patchwork Planet
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Narrated by:
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Kirby Heyborne
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By:
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Anne Tyler
Barnaby Gaitlin was never a bad kid, but he was certainly doing his best to impersonate one. As a teenager, he developed a habit of breaking into other people’s houses. But he wasn’t interested in the valuable loot - he just liked to read people’s mail, peruse their family albums, and maybe pocket a few personal mementos. Now almost 30 and divorced, he finds himself working for Rent-aBack, which helps the elderly and infirm move furniture or take down their Christmas trees. It’s the perfect career for Barnaby: With each job, he’s able to steal a glimpse into a customer’s house and life.
Then Barnaby meets Sophia. Her inherent, unshakeable goodness is totally foreign to him - and irresistible. With small moments of growth, Barnaby struggles to become the good man he hopes to be, finding that life rarely happens all at once but rather builds over time, patch by patch.
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Such great insight into family dynamics and why “black sheep” struggle
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Such a Great Book
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Anne Tyler’s grasp of character
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After revisiting Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist and Celestial Navigation, it was refreshing to follow a man who wasn’t as emotionally stunted, for all of his obvious flaws and arrested development. As with the other books, I enjoyed Tyler’s surprisingly detailed insights into behavior and familial suffocation, with the emphasis on how we confine ourselves in a community’s notion of who we are.
I related strongly to the main character’s dependency on positive opinions to give him purpose, as well as to the way unwise relationship choices provide valuable insights into self discovery.
Powerful life lessons
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amazing
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beautiful
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A Good Read, but
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Engaging
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Complex but easy to follow storyline
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