A slipping-down life

by Anne Tyler

Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager with a distant father an dhours and hours of silence to fill. Then one night she hears local rock inger Drumstrings Casey on the radio and is instantly enchanted by his ool, emotionless voice.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?