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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

By: Anne Tyler
Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodgers
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Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not of her memory. It was a Sunday night in 1944 when her husband left the little row house on Baltimore's Calvert Street, abandoning Pearl to raise their three children alone: Jenny, high-spirited and determined, nurturing to strangers but distant to those she loves; the older son, Cody, a wild and incorrigible youth possessed by the lure of power and money; and sweet, clumsy Ezra, Pearl's favorite, who never stops yearning for the perfect family that could never be his own. Now Pearl and her three grown children have gathered together again - with anger, hope, and a beautiful, harsh, and dazzling story to tell.

©1982 Anne Tyler (P)2020 Recorded Books
Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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Masterful Character Development • Thought Provoking Ideas • Realistic Storylines • Wonderful Writing Style
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I've always been a fan of Ann Tyler but couldn't get into this particular book. Can't really put my finger on why I didn't like it particularly, it just didn't grab me.

Just so-so

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I enjoyed the story however it’s so much like real life it is depressing. Very easy to connect with.

Sad

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Anne Tyler has an amazing style, and the performer was wonderful, but I never felt momentum or a real purpose in the plot. This certainly is a very good book, just not a great book.

Great writing style and performance, lethargic plo

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This book did not disappoint! It was an intriguing journey as the author, Anne Tyler, took the reader through a family abandoned by their father. Each family member dealt with their unspoken grief uniquely, which is true for most families. The matriarch of the family chose to not to address her grief or acknowledge her children's loss. Powerful story!

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

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I just finishing listening to Ann Tyler's masterpiece after a twenty-year lapse since reading this book the first time. If there was ever a book which deserved a second read, this one is it. This family of indelible characters will live with me a long while. Narrator E Rodgers captures each character's voice masterfully.

brilliant writing that moves the heart

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I always love this author's books. the narration was great except for the children's voices. I have yet to find a narrator that can pull that off.

excellent writing and narration

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Liked reality of writing and its ability to provoke thought and create mind probing inner dialogue in the reader.

Liked how author showed the relationship between the birth order (and the personal ‘time slot’) of a child in a family and how it ultimately affects their personal characteristics, perceptions and outcome. Also. The tremendous effect of a mother’s influence. Like it or not.

Thought provoking

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This one of Anne Tyler’s stories reveals how differently three siblings see the same family. This family is sadder and more distant than others she has written into a story. It’s worth staying with them to the end.





Family- Actual versus Yearned for.

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Astonishing portrait of a complex family over many years. The narration is sensational. Anne Tyler is a master of character development. Pearl is an extremely relatable mother in ways good and awful. I’ll come back to this book….

Riveting

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The fine details of life was well written and it seamlessly followed the lives of an ordinary family.

Amazing story

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