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Saint Maybe

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When eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before his eyes. Consumed by guilt Ian finds the hope of forgiveness at the Church of the Second Chance, and leaves college to cope with the three children he has inherited and his own embarrassing religion.

Twenty years on, Ian's prospects of a second chance are receding fast when, out of the heart of the domesticity that has engulfed him, strides a new figure who will bring him new life.

A heartfelt novel about the unexpected tragedies and second chances of life, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Accidental Tourist and The Amateur Marriage. Now available as an audiobook.

Critics Review

Anne Tyler likes to break America's heart, and she will do it again in Saint Maybe
New York Times
Compulsively readable, realistic, funny, touching
The Times
Saint Maybe shows Anne Tyler at the peak of her power - a real slice of middle America, blessed with equal amounts of humour, pathos and compassion that will ensure heartfelt devotion from all her readers
Time Out
A brilliant writer of emotionally sophisticated novels, funny, tragic, wise
Lynne Truss
One of the truest writers alive
Sunday Times
Author Anne Tyler
Narrator Eric Michael Summerer
Duration 11 hours and 35 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473513211
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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