I just finishing listening to this one on CD. It is an old-fashioned kind of novel by Anne Tyler, following a couple from their teenage years until their old age. I listened to it every time I was in the car until I felt like they were the couple next door, I knew them so well. It is read by Blair Brown and she does a great job. If you like novels with a beginning and an end that progress in a straight line, this is one you will enjoy. I just finished another book (Inheritance of Loss) where the author skips all around, so The Amateur Marriage was a nice change from that. |