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There's something comforting abt reading Anne Tyler, knowing that there are so many more of her novels that I have yet to try. Delia Grinstead is a 40 yr old mother, wife, + sister, these are her roles in life, so on a day at the beach she simply walks off + creates a new home with a job in a town she does not know. I loved how Delia, in turn, discovers her identity while her family adjusts to her absence. Should it have ended as it did, not sure.

I like how Anne Tyler writes, I like her style. This is the story of a 40 yr old woman who has reached that time in her life when she feels unseen, underappreciated, that life has somehow turned out in a way that was unexpected. Oh the turmoil of being middle aged. Wanting things to be different and not knowing if it's possible, necessary, or if you should stay in your lane and do what is expected until your time is done.
3.5 stars

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This looks like an interesting premise “adding to my TBR” 😅

79/Ladder Of Years is not for everyone (you may find it tedious or plotless), but, for me, it's five stars. Tyler captures the bland, monotony of daily life, as well as the invisibility of matriarchs, the gears that keep patriarchal societies in motion.
I speculated about the ending, worried that no possible version would feel satisfying. It wasn't, which is a credit for the reader to empathize with Delia.
Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors.

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Delia Grinstead, 40-year-old mother of three almost-grown children, on a sudden impulse, walks away from her marriage, hitches a ride into the unknown, and settles in a strange new town. But soon after she begins her impersonal, unencumbered new life, fresh responsibilities inevitably accumulate.

I first discovered Anne Tyler in 1995 when my bookstore recommended this novel. Back then, I envied Delia‘s fearlessness. She just walked away from everything (boring job, ungrateful family) to start a new life. This reread made me appreciate Anne even more as she skewers the complexities of our relationships. They‘ll never be perfect, but they‘ll survive the storms with a little faith, compromise and much love.
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Thanks for the #ISpy tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks !

This may not count, but there is the word “ladder” on the cover. 😆 Plus I had to spotlight one of my favorite Anne Tyler books. 😍👍🏻

What woman, at some point, hasn't wanted to walk off during a family "vacation"?! ???

Somehow this is my first Anne Tyler book. How is that possible?
#mounttbr

I didn‘t hate this, but I didn‘t really like it either. I never really felt invested in the story. It started with promise; middle aged Delia is living a mundane life, largely ignored by her husband and teenaged children. One day she just walks away... But after that it just lost me. I actively disliked Delia, and felt slightly baffled by the whole second half. A pick because it was a light read during a crazy week, but otherwise 🤷‍♀️

I start a new job today after previously working 22 years at the same firm. To say I‘m nervous would be an understatement! I‘m so not ready to be the new girl 🙈. In theory though I‘ll have much more reading time as I have a longer commute, but I suspect this week I‘ll struggle to focus, so I‘m choosing something I hope will be fairly easy going!

"But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all." #midlifecrisis #walkaway

"Sometimes you get to what you thought was the end and you find it's a whole new begining" -Anne Tyler
#newbeginings #newyearreads
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1.🤗🙌🏻🏖
2. Fannie Flagg, Anne Tyler, Fredrik Backman and gotta add John Steinbeck 🙌🏻
3. Freelance work, football, readalong reading, beach walk Sunday since we're expecting a heat wave 🏖
4. Have one awesome older sister, which makes me the 👶🏻
5. Gladly 👌🏻
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This is what happens when I arrive at the train station 5 minutes early. 3 books from the 50p charity used book shelf.

#meetthelittens Thanks @maich

1. From New Jersey, now live in so. California.
2. Ladder of Years hooked me on Anne Tyler. Ava Gardner autobio hooked me on memoirs.
3. Read only one, a romantic comedy series by Millie Criswell.
4. The Sound of Music, Overboard
5. all Star Trek 🖖🏻
6. Melanie/Beatles
7. Purple
8. Memoirs, humor, fiction, classics
9. On my laptop in my Betty Boop pjs at home
10. Really close to getting a pug.