Favorite Anne Tyler novel?

Question

I'm reading (and loving) Anne Tyler's _Digging to America_. It's already my favorite since _Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant_. Her insight into the heads and hearts of her characters is nuanced and individualized. And she seems to LIKE her characters despite their failings. I also love how she shifts perspective (like William Faulkner) in the two novels I've mentioned in order to see a storyline and its characters from different perspectives.

Maryam, in Digging to America, for example, is a mostly sympathetic character, but when we see her through others' eyes, we see how chilly and imperious she is, how lonesome she is in her well-ordered, self-contained little world.

What's your favorite Anne Tyler novel and why?

Answer 1

Saint Maybe

I thought it was a little edgy at the time I read it. The focus on redemption through struggle- well that kept me reading.

I too have found that her writing has never disappointed me (well, Back when we were grownups wasn't her best)

Have you read Graham Greene? The Tenth Man is really good.

Answer 2

never read any