Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

By: Anne Tyler

Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodgers

Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not of her memory. It was a Sunday night in 1944 when her husband left the little row house on Baltimore's Calvert Street, abandoning Pearl to raise their three children alone: Jenny, high-spirited and determined, nurturing to strangers but distant to those she loves; the older son, Cody, a wild and incorrigible youth possessed by the lure of power and money; and sweet, clumsy Ezra, Pearl's favorite, who never stops yearning for the perfect family that could never be his own. Now Pearl and her three grown children have gathered together again - with anger, hope, and a beautiful, harsh, and dazzling story to tell.

©1982 Anne Tyler (P)2020 Recorded Books

Great writing style and performance, lethargic plo

Anne Tyler has an amazing style, and the performer was wonderful, but I never felt momentum or a real purpose in the plot. This certainly is a very good book, just not a great book.

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

This book did not disappoint! It was an intriguing journey as the author, Anne Tyler, took the reader through a family abandoned by their father. Each family member dealt with their unspoken grief uniquely, which is true for most families. The matriarch of the family chose to not to address her grief or acknowledge her children's loss. Powerful story!

Just so-so

I've always been a fan of Ann Tyler but couldn't get into this particular book. Can't really put my finger on why I didn't like it particularly, it just didn't grab me.

Sad

I enjoyed the story however it’s so much like real life it is depressing. Very easy to connect with.

I would have enjoyed at least one likable person in the story…

That says it all. Always negative energy and stressful situations. Bad feeling until the last 10 minutes.