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I read this book because World Magazine recommended it as one of the best in new fiction for 2016. It is a retelling into contemporary times of the Shakespeare play, "The Taming of the Shrew". It's an interesting premise. Why would a modern woman marry a man she doesn't really know in order to please her father? Anne Tyler comes up with a very believable scenario. At least, since I've lived with a research scientist for the past 39 years, I believe it! Kate's dad works for Johns Hopkins and is t
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Mar 14, 2018
Brooke
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Listed on Provo Library's Best Books of the Year 2016
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Anne Tyler is always so fun and quirky! Another good one!
Sweet and sour meatballs. That's what this book tasted like. A punch of flavor packed into a fun rolly-polly shape. Just what I was craving.
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I think my expectations were set a little too high for this book.
Language made me stop reading this.
Jun 07, 2016
Becky
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