I love Anne Tyler's stories about family life in Baltimore, USA, and this is no exception. This one is about coming to terms with bereavement. The main character loses his wife suddenly, and then she returns to him - or does she? Although he has several conversations with her - the story is told in the first person - and even describes for us someone else's reaction to seeing his late wife apparently alive and well, ultimately we only have his word for it, and the reader is left guessing.
As always with this author, the well-drawn, rounded characters (even the minor ones) and the details of everyday life are what makes this a good read and, although the main character can be really irritating at times, the reader's sympathies are with him all the way to the happy ending.
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