{"id":225,"date":"2014-09-30T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diane.eklund.abolins.net\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/09\/30\/the-amateur-marriage-by-anne-tyler\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T08:16:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T21:16:43","slug":"the-amateur-marriage-by-anne-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diane.eklund.abolins.net\/blog\/the-amateur-marriage-by-anne-tyler\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As with all books by Anne Tyler (at least, the ones I have read so far), the theme is always ordinary. In this case, it is about a family and all the everyday things that happen during the life of that family – a life that spans the years from the early 1940s through to the twenty-first century. This sounds quite uninteresting, but Anne Tyler shows that <\/span>ordinary<\/i><\/span>can actually be quite fascinating. Let’s face it: ordinary is what we all have to cope with, day in and day out; it is refreshing, therefore, to encounter an author who is able to sift through all the layers of ordinariness and find the things that enthral and move us emotionally. The writing is particularly good; the characters are believable and well structured. This is definitely a book that I would recommend.<\/span><\/div>\n
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As with all books by Anne Tyler (at least, the ones I have read so far), the theme is always ordinary. In this case, it is about a family and all the everyday things that happen during the life of that family – a life that spans the years from the early 1940s through to … <\/p>\n

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