![]() ![]() Segments of the story seem forced… and consequently stretch the bounds of probability. The story gives the impression of taking place in a time vacuum and even though the author goes out of her way to insert appropriate memorabilia, the atmosphere never evokes the feeling of eras gone by. Certainly Anne Tyler has great writing style and wonderful imagination, but the book’s plot is greatly flawed. I was surprised to read that this book was on the short list for the Pulitzer Prize. From there the story drops back in time and is told in ten parts, each segment from the point-of-view of different members of the family. The opening scene: It’s 1979 and 82 year old Mother Tull is on her death bed. ![]() The players include the wicked physically and mentally abusive mother Pearl Tull, an absentee father, and three children – Cody, Jenny, and Ezra – who suffer the scars of growing up in a household fraught with anger, tension, violence, and insecurity. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tylerĭinner at the Homesick Restaurant is the tale of a dysfunctional family. ![]()
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