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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A novel of self-discovery and second chances from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author—Willa Drake has had three opportunities to start her life over: in 1967, as a schoolgirl whose mother has suddenly disappeared; in 1977, when considering a marriage proposal; and in 1997, as a young widow trying to hold her family together. So she is surprised when in 2017 she is given one last chance to change everything, after receiving a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to help a young woman she's never met. This impulsive decision, maybe the first one she’s consciously made in her life, will lead Willa into uncharted territory—surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers. Read more
Publisher : Vintage
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Publication date : July 10, 2018
Language : English
File size : 2.5 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
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Format: Kindle
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother’s sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn’t sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she’s never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory–surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers. My Thoughts: In our journey through Clock Dance, we leap ahead to those defining moments in Willa’s life, from preteen years to the current time. What we learn about Willa and what she needed is how hopeful she always felt, while being basically unsatisfied. Her first husband, Derek, seemingly hijacked her life and her decisions, and even in his death, he was thinking only of himself as he made some fatal choices. Motherhood was also a time of meeting the needs of others, while ignoring her own. The realization of what she had given up for family and for husbands would later come to awaken her to those unmet needs and how very important they suddenly were to her. Her second husband could have been someone to fill in those blanks in her life, but again, he was someone who met his own needs first. I liked how Willa finally started making choices based on what she wanted and needed. Would she finally start to feel that fulfillment? Would an unexpected trip to Baltimore to help out her son’s ex-girlfriend offer the opportunity to surround herself with a collection of people who would begin to feel like an extended family? Could she learn that just when she thought she had to pick up her same old life, she could visualize a very different kind of life? One with room for the people and activities she longed to enjoy. 5 stars.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2018 by Laurel-Rain Snow
Format: Kindle
I have loved Anne Tyler's books for many years. Her stories take ordinary people and make their ordinary lives so interesting. So no matter if one isn't beautiful or rich or talented, they make choices and decisions that affect themselves and others. Her characters are often faced with an unusual situation and the way they deal with it reveals much about their true character. This book begins in 1967 Will a and her best friend in their very small village in Pennsylvania, trying to sell candy to fund a school drive, the prize being lunch with a favorite teacher. They get a case of uncontrollable giggle and can't complete their sale. They decide to try another time and go to their respective homes. At this point we learn more about Willa's parents and her mother's volatile and capricious moods. Her father is quiet and patient, but is no match for her mother's crazy behavior. This naturally has an impact on Will a and her younger sister. The story then finds Willa in 1977 in a Midwest college with a boyfriend who is also a strong personality. This relationship leads to impact ful decisions. Then we find Willa in 1997 where there is a life changing event. Now the author takes us to 2017 and an event and its subsequent choice which reveals much about Willa and her true heart. I enjoy MS Tyler's take on her characters and how they discover their true selves in unordinary circumstances. She remains an author I admire and enjoy.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2021 by blewis
Format: Paperback
I liked the main character of the book, "Willa" as she travels through her life. The problem I have with the story is that it jumps 20 years between events. Surely she was more interesting than this. There is a lot unsaid in the book and I guess that is what bothers me. Many of the characters that seem interesting never get fleshed out and they end being left out in a couple of pages. It's only in the last few pages that Willa seems to come into her own and she becomes the woman she should have been at 20.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019 by View from the hills
Format: Kindle
Another interesting story by an author who makes even the mundane details of lufe interesting. The characters and their mannerisms are well developed.
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2026 by Jeanette
Format: Kindle
I have enjoyed reading Anne Tyler's books for years. She paints quirky figures and makes them believable and lovable; she makes us care about what happens to them. But I realized as I read this book that her gift is in the details she so meticulously writes. For example -- "ordinarily the sight of the guest-room bed, with its multiple rows of giant pillows and fussy, overstuffed cushions slanted against the headboard, made Willa's toes curl in protest as she imagined how her feet would jam against the headboard..." (Tyler). Another of her gifts is stating a truth in a unique way -- "She had felt that way in her own childhood; she'd felt like a watchful, wary adult housed in a little girl's body. And yet nowadays, paradoxically, it often seemed to her that from behind her adult face a child about eleven years old was still gazing out at the world" (Tyler). If you're an Anne Tyler fan, you won't be disappointed. If you're not, check out this book. I'm still not sure about the man with the gun...
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Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2019 by Katie Sweeting - Remnant author
Format: Audio CD
I love Anne Taylor's writing, her quirky characters sing to me. Just the Movie, Fargo, is my most favorite movie, she detects the humor, the sadness of ordinary people. I listened to the audio version, which was read by Kimberly Fair. Her narration picked up the wonder of this book. I had a day of mourning, I did not want to leave Willa Drake. I think I was just much attached to her as the little girl, Cheryl, in the latter part of the book. The author tells of Willa's early life with, her mood changing and perhaps bi-polar mother, the ever accepting and forgiving father and the younger sister. Elaine, who is eager to criticize. There are several time leaps to Willa's marriage to her first husband who gave me the creeps and then to her second one who is condescending and has to try to be respectful to people. Her two sons did not bond to her but seemed very centered. One day, she receives a plea for help. Her oldest son's ex-girl friend ask her friend to find someone to tend to her daughter, Cheryl, while she is recovering from a gunshot would. Willa has never met the woman. What would you do? Probably not what Willa did. I see my mother in Willa and there is always a war within me to be like Willa or to determine what I want and then do it. Anne Taylor can take a simple thing from life and let it flower. I bought the audiobook for my own enjoyment and hope to be able to read all the rest of her books, my review is based on my own thoughts and feelings for this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2021 by C. Wong
I am a fan of Anne Tyler's writing but this was not, for me anyway, one of her best. Her work is always character driven and not action packed, but Clock Dance seemed to ramble over a long period of time and not achieve very much. Maybe it was because I had no feelings for Willa and therefore was not able to feel involved in the little things in her life. Of course there were major events too which helped to form Willa's personality and made her subordinate to all the men in her life ( two overbearing husbands and two uncaring sons). This all seemed all too real but when she finally broke out and underwent a kind of transformation I applauded it but was not convinced. All in all a pleasant, well written read but not one I will add to my favourites list.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019 by phrynne
Format: Hardcover
I felt the ending was abrupt.....I would have been so happy to read another twenty or so pages to smooth out Willa's transition. How about a sequel! There were a few loose ends, but that's life. Every part of this novel is completely believable and offers no magical resolutions. I fell in love with the characters that were important to the story and their affections for Willa. Willa reminds me of Maggie in Breathing Lessons and Delia in Ladder of Years. I loved Clock Dance and read it in two days - who can put a new Ann Tyler novel aside?
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018 by old trust…the dog