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Amateur Marriage has some flaws. Her latest novel delineates, in careful strokes, the 30-year marriage of Michael Anton and Pauline Barclay, and its dissolution. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Later, the setting shifts to a newly built suburb, where the family gradually moves into the middle class. Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018. Anne Tyler's Orange Prize-shortlisted 'The Amateur Marriage' tells the story of the unhappy and profoundly monotonous marriage of Michael Anton and Pauline Barclay. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. But he was out of his element and was essentially a failure, receiving, perhaps luckily, an early discharge after a training accident. Michael is a sturdy, good-looking Polish American, with no interests or ambitions other than running the family grocery business and looking after his widowed mother. Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2015. One of my favourite authors, Anne Tyler has taken an ordinary couple––Pauline and Michael––and placed them in an ordinary situation. As soon as Michael Anton saw her he was swept off his feet, almost as though he had been waiting for her. -- while all our reading choices are subjective, I can only say -- I am so impressed with how where or how she has gotten so close to the American family. THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine--. Some even viewed the Antons as so ordinary as to be a bit dull. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2018. Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018. She graduated at nineteen from Duke University and went on to do graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE begins in 1941, just after the attack at Pearl Harbor. The couple meet during World War II. I always start out by admitting that I love Anne Tyler's writing. However, the leaps into the future that took place between chapters was at times welcome, but other times it felt disrespectful of the characters. Lindy runs away in 1960 and never comes back-although in 1968, Pauline and Michael retrieve Pagan, Lindy's three-year-old, from her San Francisco landlady while Lindy detoxes in a rehab community that her parents aren't allowed to enter. This is a brutally real, achingly sad story of a marriage. There is no one who understands better the complexities among family members. The author writes well and with the exception of Michael, who really annoyed me, the characters are believable. In new novel The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler once again displays the qualities of wisdom, insightful writing and compassion that have made the Baltimore resident the most-admired serious yet popular writer working today. Anne Tyler's Orange Prize-shortlisted 'The Amateur Marriage' tells the story of the unhappy and profoundly monotonous marriage of Michael Anton and Pauline Barclay. But he was out of his element and was essentially a failure, receiving, perhaps luckily, an early discharge after a training accident. Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020. Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis in 1941 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. In the first and best chapter of The Amateur Marriage, the predictable life of young Michael Anton, who helps his mother in the family grocery store, is … A lesser novelist would take moral sides, using this story to make a didactic point. In its early chapters, The Amateur Marriage gives readers a view of life in an ethnic working-class neighborhood in Baltimore. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Buy a cheap copy of The Amateur Marriage book by Anne Tyler. Are Michael and Pauline too strict or too lax - as Karen remarks, why don't they check on Lindy themselves when they don't know if she's come home? She does this with all her characters, in all her books, and as every other Anne Tyler novel I have read, she managed to keep me riveted right to the end. the amateur marriage by Anne Tyler ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 1, 2004 Painfully accurate and painfully funny as ever, Tyler’s 16th novel ( Back When We Were Grownups, 2001, etc.) In December 1941 in St. Cassians, a mainly Eastern European conclave in Baltimore, 20-year-old Michael meets Pauline and is immediately smitten. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? The … Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2016. It was a fabulous read. I think this may be a bit uncomfortable for many -- but I (at my advanced age) -- find her writing incredibly "right on". From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. So, she marries Michael, and the couple condemn each other to some thirty years and more of total misery. Pauline is a pretty feather-head, desperate to have a soldier boyfriend; which she gets when she persuades Michael to enlist. What is noticeable about the narrative voice in the first chapter? They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The wound, it seemed, was a two-inch red line, long but not deep, already closing. This novel is a delight and I would recommend it to my sister. Pauline is rushed into the small grocery of Michael's family in inner-city Baltimore for emergency first aid. It's a heavier novel, lightened by a narrative structure that sidesteps the tedium of multigenerational epics. Why did it take me so long to discover her??? It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. As a casualty of the marriage and the era, Lindy might have spoken up--but her reappearance 29 years after her disappearance emphasizes her absence. Yes, Tyler intuitively understands the middle class's Norman Rockwell ideal, but she doesn't share it; rather, she has a masterful ability to make it bleed. (That's an indicator of a books value to my thinking.) The Amateur Marriage opens in 1941, soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and ends 60 years later, with America once again in shock following the uniquely horrible destruction of … Something went wrong. "The Amateur Marriage" is a truly insightful look at a marriage in perpetual conflict, where neither person really understands how to overcome their personality tendencies so that they can live in peace, hence an amateur marriage. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in Baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. Please try again. In the end the hero finds his true place in life. Something went wrong. She does this with all her characters, in all her books, and as every other Anne Tyler novel I have read, she managed to keep me riveted right to the end. She is compulsively friendly, a bad hider of emotions, selfish in her generosity ("my homeless man") and generous in her selfishness. Michael, the epitome of calmness, practicality, and orderliness, is smitten by the vibrant, impetuous, and emotional Pauline. I love Anne Tyler books and this one was no exception. Then, Michael is wounded in a training accident, and she feels honour-bound to accept his proposal of marriage. One is never embarrassed to be seen reading a Tyler novel. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2014. I always start out by admitting that I love Anne Tyler's writing. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Michael and Pauline got married at a time when the common wisdom, expressed by Pauline's mother, was that "marriages were like fruit trees.... Those trees with different kinds of branches grafted onto the trunks. And it is the brilliance of Anne Tyler’s writing that she evokes the minutiae of relationships, how we get so miffed over trivial things and misunderstandings. This is a slice of life story that allows you to enter into the recent past and to witness the impact of the culture on the characters of that time. I can't be more specific w/o giving away part of the story. The Amateur Marriage simply is, and in that regard it is very refreshing. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. "The Amateur Marriage" is a truly insightful look at a marriage in perpetual conflict, where neither person really understands how to overcome their personality tendencies so that they can live in peace, hence an amateur marriage. From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. --This text refers to the paperback edition. They marry after Michael is discharged from the army, but their temperaments don't mix. In essence the story is about life itself. Critics commend Tyler for giving equal voice to Pauline and Michael, but disagree about their relative value. Always there is this sense of loss. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Does this book contain inappropriate content? Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. In essence the story is about life itself. The problem is that the very long chapters are spaced too far apart in time and we don't get to know the family. Book Review: 'The Amateur Marriage' Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Amateur Marriage, the new book by Anne Tyler. It is not an analytical time; differences lying just below the surface are not allowed to detract from the fortuitous moment. There's nothing like the emotional high that people experience during the first days and weeks of meeting the one person that you think you will spend the rest of your life with. They seemed like the... Free Shipping on all orders over $10. The range and power of this novel should not only please Tyler's immense readership but also awaken us to the collective excellency of her career. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2016. Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. Tyler's strength resides in her penetrating psychological portraits and delight in mundane details, and these gifts are evident in the novel's promising opening scenes. This novel is a delight and I would recommend it to my sister. It is the exploration of a marriage and, although at times it appears multi-generational, it really only focuses on the marriage of Michael and Pauline and what makes a marriage good or bad. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I have read at least eight of her twenty novels over the last twenty years. The Amateur Marriage, published in 2004, is American author Anne Tyler's sixteenth novel. Yet most considered their runaway daughter Lindy, "zapped and fried and hopped and wigged out," as the weak link. Rescuing the ingenue Pauline from a very minor wound, Michael seems like a young knight in shining armour, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2012. Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. The Amateur Marriage. The author writes well and with the exception of Michael, who really annoyed me, the characters are believable. In its early chapters, The Amateur Marriage gives readers a view of life in an ethnic working-class neighborhood in Baltimore. From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage?and its consequences, spanning three generations. Please try again. And so it was with Michael and Pauline just after Pearl Harbor in 1941. Please try again. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counter-culture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayers of later years, we watch their lives unspool and see the consequences of their very mismatched marriage. $24.95. Deidre Donahue - … Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Later, the setting shifts to a newly built suburb, where the family gradually moves into the middle class. If we miss some key events between chapters, so what? Tyler casts an atypically dark look at a hasty wartime marriage and its aftermath. “An ode to the complexities of familial love, the centripetal and centrifugal forces that keep families together and send their members flying apart, the supremely ordinary pleasures and frustrations of middle-class American life.”. I just began reading this book & it’s keeping me coming back for more but the print is exceptionally small, which is a downfall for me even though I have no vision problems. Among the reasons I have done so is that I am very acquainted with Baltimore and the Baltimore area where her works are set. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage--and its consequences, spanning three generations. I just began reading this book & it’s keeping me coming back for more but the print is exceptionally small, which is a downfall for me even though I have no vision problems. Later, the setting shifts to a newly built suburb, where the family gradually moves into the middle class. Sometimes we follow the person who disappears, sometimes we spend the novel searching for them. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage--and its consequences, spanning three generations. This is Anne Tyler’s sixteenth novel; her eleventh, Tyler reliably dredges up the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly of domestic life in Baltimore. By: Anne Tyler Narrated by: Blair Brown Try for $0.00 $14.95/month after 30 days. Yet, with her usual penetrating insight, Tyler captures life at its most ordinary, then carves it open to dissect the bonds that linger on. The Amateur Marriage is vintage Anne Tyler. The ill-fated couple at the story's center, Michael and Pauline, are as familiar as relatives-just "two good people who are bad for each other," as Tyler puts it. This is a brutally real, achingly sad story of a marriage. As is often the case in her novels, there is a problem child who causes stress in the marriage and who feels the stresses between her parents. Please try your request again later. Anne Tyler's Orange Prize-shortlisted 'The Amateur Marriage' tells the story of the unhappy and profoundly monotonous marriage of Michael Anton and Pauline Barclay. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2018. Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis in 1941 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Although Tyler's prose occasionally slips into banality, she never falters in creating vivid characters whose weaknesses are both credible and compelling. I love Anne Tyler books and this one was no exception. Vintage Digital; New e. edition (October 13, 2009). Again, it is a good, good read. (That's an indicator of a books value to my thinking.) Again, it is a good, good read. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Among the reasons I have done so is that I am very acquainted with Baltimore and the Baltimore area where her works are set. Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage-—and its consequences, spanning three generations. This is a slice of life story that allows you to enter into the recent past and to witness the impact of the culture on the characters of that time. The moment Pauline, a stranger to … They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The Amateur Marriage is a nearly vintage Anne Tyler novel:, offering a slightly off-kilter family, a fine sense of time and place and an excellent eye for detail expressed in well-turned phrases. They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. Pauline and Michael are the most romantic- looking couple. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant: A Novel, “An ode to the complexities of familial love, the centripetal and centrifugal forces that keep families together and send their members flying apart, the supremely ordinary pleasures and frustrations of middle-class American life.”. There's nothing like the emotional high that people experience during the first days and weeks of meeting the one person that you think you will spend the rest of your life with. As in all Anne Tyler’s novels, someone walks out and is either never seen again or appears again toward the end with unsatisfactory results. However, during his training, Pauline finds other soldiers to admire, and begins to wonder if she's not making a mistake. So, she marries Michael, and the couple condemn each other to some thirty years and more of total misery. Always there is this sense of loss. 1. Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2015. Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2004. It is not an analytical time; differences lying just below the surface are not allowed to detract from the fortuitous moment. Later, the setting shifts to a newly built suburb, where the family gradually moves into the middle class. I will not give away more than that. Makes reading this book uncomfortable because of this. 4. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. By Anne Tyler. In its early chapters, The Amateur Marriage gives readers a view of life in an ethnic working-class neighborhood in Baltimore. In the early days of the Second World War, Michael and Pauline find themselves drawn together despite misgivings and bitter fights. This novel of marital unhappiness focusses on a couple whose fraught relationship spans sixty years. The attack on Pearl Harbor serves as the catalyst for Tyler's sixteenth novel by propelling Pauline, bleeding from a minor wound sustained in the fervor of a spontaneous patriotic parade, into the humble family grocery run by handsome and reserved young Michael and his embittered widow mother. The Amateur Marriage By Anne Tyler. After a time, they meld, they grow together, and... if you tried to separate them you would cause a fatal wound." Or has she fallen in with a bad lot? She is able to paint such vivid pictures of Baltimore and its people with her words.The Amateur Marriage is a good four star read. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Though "seldom if ever spiteful," notes. In the end the hero finds his true place in life. She graduated at nineteen from Duke University and went on to do graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. Makes reading this book uncomfortable because of this. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Overview From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. Pauline swooped into the Anton family grocery store with a cut on her head. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Are Michael and Pauline too strict or too lax - as Karen remarks, why don't they check on Lindy themselves when they don't know if she's come home? The moment Pauline, a stranger … However, the leaps into the future that took place between chapters was at times welcome, but other times it felt disrespectful of the characters. A last ditch attempt on Pauline's part to break free (at the church, on her wedding day) ends in a moment when her friends tell her not to be so silly. Tyler's ambitious sixteenth novel explores a weighty topic, the erosion of a marriage, over an unusually long period of time, 1941 to the present. Pauline and Michael are the most romantic- looking couple. And so it was with Michael and Pauline just after Pearl Harbor in 1941. For Pauline, the divorce is, at first, a tragedy; gradually, separation becomes a habit. The story is not as poignant as the "Accidental Tourist" or her latest, "The Spool of Blue Thread," which were, in my estimation, both five star reads Nevertheless, the Amateur Marriage is a good read that will keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next. It was a fabulous read. Tyler examines their acrimonious bond, which persists even after their eventual divorce, with a keen eye for the minor differences that suddenly widen into chasms. Tyler is much more concerned with the fine art of human survival in changing circumstances. For Michael, who leaves Pauline on their 30th anniversary, divorce is redemption. 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