Forty-year-old Delia Grinstead, mother of three almost-grown children, impulsively walks away from her marriage and sets off into the unknown to begin an entirely new life. Reader's Guide included. Reissue.
Delia Grinstead, a 40-year-old mother of three almost-grown children, abandons her family impulsively in search of an entirely new life a few miles from home, becoming secretary to a lawyer. Gradually, she begins to return to her old life--first for her daughter's wedding, then for small occasions, finding that the people she left behind have changed as much as she has.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Fiction + Literature Genres
- Subgenre: Family + Friendship, Love + Relationships + Sex, Conflicts + Dualities, Human Qualities + Behavior, Stages of Life, Settings, General, Literary Genres + Types of Novels
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: April 1, 1996
- Date Published: April 1, 1996
- Author: Anne Tyler