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Noah's Compass

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Anne Tyler

By Anne Tyler

By Anne Tyler

By Anne Tyler

By Anne Tyler
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By Anne Tyler
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Jan 25, 2011 | ISBN 9780345516596

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    About Noah’s Compass

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author brings us “a gripping, page-turner of a novel” (Houston Chronicle) that is an “offbeat delight” (O: The Oprah Magazine).

    Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesn’t bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new and spare condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore.

    All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged. His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour.

    What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is . . . well, something quite different.

    About Noah’s Compass

    Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesn’t bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new and spare condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged. His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is . . . well, something quite different.

    About Noah’s Compass

    From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.

    Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesn’t bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new, spare, and efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged.

    His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is—well, something quite different.

    We all know a Liam. In fact, there may be a little of Liam in each of us. Which is why Anne Tyler’s lovely novel resonates so deeply.

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    Redhead by the Side of the Road
    Teenage Wasteland
    Clock Dance
    Half-Truths and Semi-Miracles
    See all books by Anne Tyler

    About Anne Tyler

    ANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015…. More about Anne Tyler

    About Anne Tyler

    ANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015…. More about Anne Tyler

    About Anne Tyler

    ANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015…. More about Anne Tyler

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 25, 2011 | 288 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780345516596

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 05, 2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307273338

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 05, 2010 | 544 Minutes | ISBN 9780739384787
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    Praise

    “Gracefully written tragicomedy . . . seasoned with poetic images [and] gentle humor.”—USA Today

    “An arresting premise [that] pays off in unexpected ways . . . Tyler’s writing is as lovely and transparent as ever.”—The Boston Globe

    “Tyler’s most profound strengths lie in her ability to make her stories resonate with readers. . . . With self-assurance and her trademark empathy, Tyler makes the commonplace uncommonly rich and the ordinary extraordinarily touching.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

    “A gripping, page-turner of a novel [that] radiates with life.”—Houston Chronicle
     
    “[Tyler] reminds us of the infinite reach of our humanity.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
     
    “[A] sensitive, witty story.”—The Washington Post
     
    “[An] offbeat delight.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

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