Book no. 5: The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler.
Macon writes travel guides for business travellers who want their destination to be as much like home as possible. He's order and routine personified. But after his son dies and his wife leaves he meets a very chaotic and whimsical dog trainer. She brings his dog into line, but also sets his life on its head.
Good cast of characters surrounding them! Enjoyed.
I read Iron Curtain by #VesnaGoldsworthy. A page-turner set in the 1980s. A young privileged 'red princess' from a poor unnamed central European country elopes to London in the name of love. The sense of displacement has echoes of the Patricia Engel book I read just before this. There's also enjoyable farce here even if the clichés about the UK are laid on a little thick at times. #bookToot#bookstodon#keefsreads
Enjoyed French Braid by #AnneTyler. Yes, it's the same book exploring the ordinary lives of America middle-class families she always writes. But the characters as ever are completely believable. Nothing much happens, but I really want to know about it. #bookToot#bookstodon#keefsreads