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The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler.

I love Anne Tyler.

This is one of her older books and I've always wanted to read it, ever since I worked at a video store and saw it on one of the shelves.

From Amazon:

Scarred by grief after their 12-year-old son's senseless murder (he was shot by a holdup man in a Burger Bonanza), Macon and Sarah Leary are losing their marriage too. Macon is unable to cope when she leaves him, so he settles down ``safe among the people he'd started out with,'' moving back home with two divorced brothers and spinster sister Rose. Author of a series of guidebooks called ``Accidental Tourist'' for businessmen who hate to travel, Macon is Tyler's focus here, as she gently chronicles his journey from lonely self-absorption to an ``accidental'' new life with brassy Muriel, a dog trainer from the Meow Bow Animal Hospital, who renews and claims his heart. Not a character, including Macon's dog Edward, is untouched by delightful eccentricity in this charming story, full of surprises and wisdom. All of Tyler's novels are wonderful; this her tenth is the best yet."

The ending surprised me. And I was surprised by how I liked the ending! I really loved how she wrote each of the characters and how involved I became. A good read!

Now I'll have to rent the movie.