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Anne Tyler

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Pruners · 04/06/2008 22:37

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MuffinMclay · 05/06/2008 13:09

Carol Shields? Margaret Atwood (not the sci-fi ones)?

anorak · 05/06/2008 13:07

I think Rosalind Pilcher and Mary Wesley are fairly similar except that they are British.

love2sleep · 05/06/2008 10:51

I'm also a big fan.
I love the fact that her books are really easy to read but yet make me think about things in a new way. She has a real insight into how people think and behave.

Can any of you recommend any other authors that are similar? I need some new books but can't face anything that needs too much concentration

ChicaLovesBranstonPickle · 05/06/2008 10:27

I also LOVE Anne Tyler. I think Accidental Tourist and Digging for America are my favourites.

branflake81 · 05/06/2008 10:24

I LOVE Anne Tyler - I've read all of them. Breathing Lessons is the best.

NotQuiteCockney · 05/06/2008 08:12

I really love her writing too - I think she captures the mundane drama of family life so perfectly. Oh, I think I like Morgan's Passing best, or Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. I like all of them, although they do blur into one another after a while.

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Pruners · 05/06/2008 07:27

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badgermonkey · 05/06/2008 06:55

I love her; in fact I think she's my favourite writer. I think she gets bracketed into that middle-aged-women type of writer but she's head and shoulders above other, similar writers.

My favourite is The Accidental Tourist.

shubiedoo · 05/06/2008 01:54

Her latest is very good, about two families who adopt Korean children. Digging to America, I think it's called.

Tinker · 05/06/2008 01:42

Oh, she's fantastic. Have just read The Amateur Marriage; so poignant. She captures people perfectly. Have read loads of hers but can never remember which ones.

anorak · 05/06/2008 00:50

Yes she is very good. But I find I forget a lot of the stories a few months after I've read them.

Didn't she write 'The Accidental Tourist' - which was made into a film?

probablyaslytherin · 04/06/2008 23:38

Yes, she's one of my favourite authors. I think I've read all of her novels, now. But don't ask me to choose which I like the best!