The Clock Winder
Author: Tyler, Anne
ISBN: 9780099469605
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 1989
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 21mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
From the Pulitzer prize-winning Sunday Times bestseller Anne Tyler. The Clock Winder is now re-jacketed along with the rest of Tyler's books in striking new backlist style
'Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age' Daily Mail
Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons, with their seven adult children, have a reputation for craziness, and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her will. But in the end it is hard to tell whether she is a victim of the needy Emersons, or the de facto ruler of the family.
**ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 1 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**
'One of my favourite authors' Liane Moriarty
'She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan
'Anne Tyler has no peer' Anita Shreve
'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks
ISBN: 9780099469605
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 1989
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 21mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
From the Pulitzer prize-winning Sunday Times bestseller Anne Tyler. The Clock Winder is now re-jacketed along with the rest of Tyler's books in striking new backlist style
'Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age' Daily Mail
Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons, with their seven adult children, have a reputation for craziness, and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her will. But in the end it is hard to tell whether she is a victim of the needy Emersons, or the de facto ruler of the family.
**ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 1 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**
'One of my favourite authors' Liane Moriarty
'She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan
'Anne Tyler has no peer' Anita Shreve
'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks
