I got a printed copy of this book four days ago. But before then, a computer printout of the contents had provided an opportunity to peep into what it has in its belly. I skimmed the text; I coughed, ...

In Anne Tyler’s bittersweet story, a divorced couple must negotiate being thrown together once again.

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.” The weather lately seems a bit like the setting in Dr. Seuss’s classic book “The Cat in ...