What Fiction are you reading this week, August 28, 2022?

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14. Rereading an old favorite: Anne Tyler's book,

Searching for Caleb. After reading so much about WWII and the spies for the French Resistance, this book seems so tame and normal. The characters are like people I know, which is comforting. Highly recommend this one.

Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle class—Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes—they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that’s why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother Daniel is still wondering. No longer willing to live without answers, he turns to his daughter-in-law, Justine, another Peck family eccentric. A studied tarot card reader, Justine comes across one message over and over in the cards: change is coming. With Daniel’s help, she’s hoping to find the courage to embrace whatever happens next.