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"BALTIMORE WOMAN DISAPPEARS DURING FAMILY VACATION," declares the headline. Forty-year-old Delia Grinstead is last seen strolling down the Delaware shore, wearing nothing more than a bathing suit and carrying a beach tote with five hundred dollars tucked inside. To her husband and three... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Delia Grinstead: Forty-year-old woman who wants to disappear and start over
- Sam: The protagonist Delia's husband, a doctor who took over Delia's father's practice.
- Eliza: Delia'a opinionated spinster sister who lives with them
- Susie: Delia's daughter, her oldest child
- Melinda: Add a description of this character.
- Carroll
- Driscoll
- Ellie
- Joel
- Zeke Pomfret
- Adrian
- Eleanor
- Mr. Lamb
- Ramsay
- Mr. Miller
- Binky
- Vanessa
- Vernon
- Belle
- George
- Rosemary
- Rick
- Courtney
- Velma
- Marie-claire
- Rosalie
- Therese
- Donald
- Greggie
- Mr. Maxwell
- Paul
- Spence
- Mrs. Allingham
- Dr. Soames
- Lysander
- Kenny Moss
- Mr. Wesley
- Dr. Grinstead
- Mr. Bright
- Mr. Bragg
- Mrs. Harper
- Horace
- Roland Park
- Pooky
- Sarn
- Aileen
Setting & Locations edit
- Baltimore: where Delia had lived with her family
- Bay Borough, Delaware: where Delia 'disappeared' to
- Senior City
- Ocean City
- Salisbury
First Sentence edit
This all started on a Saturday morning in May, one of those warm spring days that smell like clean linen.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Tyler (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 978-0679441557
Page Count: 325
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 978-0679441557
Page Count: 325
Awards edit
- Orange Prize for Fiction (Finalist, 1996, Shortlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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