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Brought to you by Penguin.

The audio edition of The Tin Can Tree by Anne Tyler.

When young Janie Pike dies in a tragic accident, she leaves behind a family numbed with grief and torn with guilt and recrimination. In this compassionate and haunting novel Anne Tyler explores how each member of the family learns to face the future in their own way.

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A wholly individual writer of considerable stature
Her touch is deft, her perceptions keen, her ear for speech phenomenal. Her people are triumphantly alive
Miss Tyler is a writer whose special gift is to convey the richness, strangeness and unpredictability of seemingly everyday lives...She is a wholly individual writer and one of considerable stature
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loved this book. A journey into 1950s America with wonderfully carved characters and excellent narration.

simple story told well

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