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Anne Tyler (Author)
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Release Date: Aug 27 1996
"Magic and true, dazzling and wise...It has an astounding confidence, depth and range...A wonderful, wonderful novel."

THE BOSTON GLOBE

Duncan Peck has a fascination for randomness and is always taking his family on the move. His wife, Justine, is a fortune teller who can't remember the past. Her grandfather, Daniel, longs to find the brother who walked out of his life in 1912, with nothing more than a fiddle in his hand. All three are taking journeys that lead back to the family's deepest roots...to a place where rebellion and acceptance have the haunting power to merge into one....


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Anne Tyler is one of America's most acclaimed novelists, and in 1994 was nominated 'greatest living novelist writing in English' by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby. Her fiction includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Breathing Lessons and The Accidental Tourists, which was made into a major film. Her most recent novels are Ladder of Years, the bestselling Back when We Were Grownups and The Amateur Marriage. Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis in 1941, but has lived for many years with her family in Baltimore, where her novels are set. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mistress of Quirk Aug 31 2003
By Peggy Vincent TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Anne Tyler succeeds in the difficult art of making essentially boring, humdrum, quirky, flawed, annoying, bizarre, weirdo social misfits the fascinating and eminently readable subjects of her books. The Pecks are no exception, who set about searching for the missing Caleb. What a rare and unusual talent this lady from Baltimore has. In reading a bio of her, I discovered she was a 19yo senior at Duke University when I was a clueless 17yo freshman there. Damn! If I'd only known...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than most April 3 2002
By BeachReader
Format:Paperback
This was not my absolute favorite Tyler book, but it is still better than most of what is out there! I was so glad to find one of her books that I had not read. I also enjoyed reading this early Tyler book to be able to see her growth as a writer in the last 25 or more years.

The characters in "Searching for Caleb" are typical Tyler: quirky, odd, flawed, and appealingly annoying. Most of them are what someone would describe as a "character", someone unusual.

Justine, Duncan, and Daniel Peck are so finely and realistically drawn by this talented author that one wonders where they have gone when the book is finished. Tyler makes them so real...I found myself wanting to kick Justine and Duncan in the seat and telling them to get their acts together and end their fly-by-night life for the sake of their daughter.

I think it is the mark of a great author when s/he gets a reader to feel this involved in a book, even if the feelings are ones of frustration, or even of anger, at the characters' actions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Anne Tyler book, and that's saying something! Aug 3 2001
By Rusty Kransky
Format:Paperback
Anne Tyler is my favorite living author and one of less than a handful who produce books that I must rush out and buy immediately. In hardback, at full price - and I HATE paying full price! Novels like this are what made me fall in love with Anne Tyler. I do not understand other comments from readers. Apparently they want fictional characters to be inspirationally motivating role models that will save the world and enlighten us all. Well, sorry, but people are not like that in real life, either. They are exotic and boring and delightful and monstrously annoying, all at the same time, As are the Pecks. The story works brilliantly. While we are wondering if Caleb Peck will be found, we're learning about "black sheep" Justine and Duncan, how they met and married. Justine's story about the cousin who was such a bad influence on her, and what happened to him, is amusing, with a terrific ending line. I found all the Pecks delightful. I found neither Justine nor Duncan "weak" or "unpleasant," but flawed, and delightfully so. Perhaps other readers were made nervous by Justine's rootlessness; I don't know. I DO know that I have enjoyed all Tyler's books, and yet I constantly return to the Pecks - I love them! Anne Tyler has a great gift - that cannot be denied. Good writing like this is so hard to find, and needs to be treasured. I highly recommend this book - it's a gem!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Weak women -- an Anne Tyler speciality
This is only the second Anne Tyler book I've read and I'm not impressed. The book was depressing. I had hope as the book progressed that the main character would... Read more
Published on May 31 2001 by L. Somsel
4.0 out of 5 stars ANNE TYLER DELIVERS
I am an avid fan of Anne Tyler, marking her on my top ten list of female authors. Why? Because she has the amazing ability to take, quirky, eccentric, unusual characters, throw... Read more
Published on May 14 2001 by Gayla Collins
4.0 out of 5 stars A Compelling Addition
Once again Anne Tyler outdoes herself with another intriguing novel, Searching For Caleb. The mix of irresistible details along with Tyler's ability to reach the irrational root... Read more
Published on Feb 26 2001 by E.C.
5.0 out of 5 stars The search will get you hooked
I really enjoyed this novel. The characters are so well developed.
Published on Sep 1 2000 by "willowmare"
5.0 out of 5 stars Searching for Caleb
One of, if not THE BEST, of Anne Tyler's wonderful novels. After reading this book, I had a new understanding of Fortune tellers and more importantly of families and family... Read more
Published on May 15 2000 by Rehoboth Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Tyler
Searching for Caleb is quintessential Tyler -- quirky and bittersweet with characters you'll remember for a long time after you read the book. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2000 by Tracy Cradit
2.0 out of 5 stars I'm sorry to say this, but...
Can you say "I didn't get it" about a book? Yes? OK, then - I didn't get it! Couldn't understand the point of it. Read more
Published on Dec 20 1999 by Nirit
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite from Anne Tyler
I have read everything from Anne Tyler, and this is without a doubt my favorite. Although I agree that Justine, Duncan, or any of the Pecks are hardly rolemodels, they are... Read more
Published on Nov 27 1999
2.0 out of 5 stars There's better, there's worse...
To deavesr@mcmaster.ca from Canada: try "Saint Maybe," before you give up on Anne Tyler. I think you'll like it much better than these two. Read more
Published on Oct 8 1999 by ca-bookshelf
4.0 out of 5 stars Short student review of characters and Anne's talent
For my honors English 11 class, I picked Ann Tyler as my American author for summer reading. I was referred to her for her comic and lyric way of writing, and I was not... Read more
Published on Aug 28 1999
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