![]() ![]() The Garretts seem to have become fragmented over the years, going for long stretches of time without meeting or checking in on each other.įlip back to 1959 and the Garretts – Robin, Mercy and co. ![]() Have a look at the opening scene of The Accidental Tourist for the way Tyler shows a marriage in trouble. How can you not know your own cousin? What kind of family is this? It’s a simple snapshot from ordinary life that displays something deeper, something Tyler does brilliantly. She won’t even go up to Nicholas to see if it’s him, which James finds perplexing. Serena thinks she’s spotted her cousin, but isn’t sure. But then that might be because the scenes are mostly in homes, often around a meal table.įrench Braid begins with the next generation when Serena and her boyfriend James are waiting for a train to take them from Philadelphia to Baltimore. Again we’re in Baltimore which in Tyler’s world always comes across as a sensible, solid kind of city, oozing with good old-fashioned American values. This time we’ve got the Garretts: Mercy and Robin, parents to Alice, Lily and David. A new Anne Tyler novel means a new family. ![]()
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