Amazon Editorial Review:
"UTTERLY COMPELLING . . . WONDERFULLY SATISFYING . . . VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS."
--Chicago Tribune

BALTIMORE WOMAN DISAPPEARS DURING FAMILY VACATION, declares the headline. Forty-year-old Delia Grinstead is last seen strolling down the Delaware shore, wearing nothing more than a bathing suit and carrying a beach tote with five hundred dollars tucked inside. To her husband and three almost-grown children, she has vanished without trace or reason. But for Delia, who feels like a tiny gnat buzzing around her family's edges, "walking away from it all" is not a premeditated act but an impulse that will lead her into a new, exciting, and unimagined life. . . .

"TYLER DETAILS DELIA'S ADVENTURE WITH GREAT SKILL. . . . As so often in her earlier fiction, [she] creates distinct characters caught in poignantly funny situations. . . . Tyler writes with a clarity that makes the commonplace seem fresh and the pathetic touching."
--The New York Times

Another enjoyable novel, by a favourite author.
Not such a great ending though.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sent to a fellow bookcrosser as part of the Fridge magnet/Book exchange hosted by ApoloniaX.
November/December 2009.

Book received today - a wishlist book! Thank you.

Thank you for the lovely kiwi magnet. It is now adorning my fridge.

The book's in Finland now. Thanks, mafarrimond!

Anne Tyler. What can I say. She's just so talented. I don't understand how she can write such compelling stories about such ordinary people. Absolutely wonderful!

Next off to Tmarju. Enjoy!

Thanks Annimanni for bringing this wishlistbook to me.
This book has travelled a long way from New Zealand to Arctic Circle (Rovaniemi) in Finland.