Ladder of Years

"It is difficult to imagine a writer so prodigiously gifted." - Herald

"Another winner from Anne Tyler." - Independent

"Every scene breathes with intimacy. Lifelikeness almost lifts the characters off the page... scintillating with joie de vivre." - Sunday Times

"Utterly compelling... wonderfully satisfying... virtually flawless." - Chicago Tribune

"Anne Tyler is a writer of immaculate delicacy." - Observer

‘She’s changed my perception on life.’ Anna Chancellor

‘One of my favourite authors.’ - Liane Moriarty

‘She spins gold.' - Elizabeth Buchan

‘Anne Tyler has no peer.’ - Anita Shreve

‘My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world.’ - Nick Hornby

‘A masterly author.’ - Sebastian Faulks

‘Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good.’ - John Updike

‘I love Anne Tyler.’ - Anita Brookner

‘Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour.’ - Eudora Welty

'Poignant, warm, and quirky, this novel will be on a lot of spring reading lists.' - Publishers Weekly

'A fine story of mid-life changes and newfound realizations.' - Midwest Book Review