Sunday, March 28, 2010

Back when we were grownups

Back when we were grownups/Anne Tyler 281 pg

Rebecca is 53 and just deciding that she is living a life that is not her own. As a college student she was conservative and predictable. SHe studied hard and everyone knew she was destined to marry her kindergarten sweetheart. Then Joe enters her life in a chance meeting and he is everything she isn't...he is fun and silly and much older than her. He pursues her and to everyone's surprise (including her own) she ends up marrying him and becoming a mother to his 3 small children.

Years later, she is a widow and center of the family she married into. Her daughters and grandchildren all depend on her and she is running the family business. It is now that she has an interesting dream that makes her think what her life could have been. She becomes reacquainted with her old boyfriend and re-examines her family.

I really enjoyed this book and think the question of identity is something a lot of people deal with at some point in their lives. - Christa

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