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Morgan's Passing (Paperback)

by Anne Tyler (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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"An almost flawless story of love...Morgan emerges as a true hero."

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Morgan Gower works at Cullen's hardware store in north Baltimore. He has seven daughters and a warmhearted wife, but as he journeys into the gray area of middle age, he finds his household growing tedious. Then Morgan meets two lovely young newlyweds under some rather extreme circumstances--and all three discover that no one's heart is safe.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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A tinkering, puttering sort of man, Morgan Gower works at Cullen's Hardware Store in North Baltimore. He has seven daughters and a warm wife, but as he journeys into middle age, he finds his household confusing and tedious. Then Morgan meets two lovely young newlyweds, and all three discover that no heart is safe. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Got through it - somehow, Sep 6 1999
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This review is from: Morgan's Passing (Paperback)
The Accidental Tourist is MUCH better than this. Tyler has talent; how she ever told this tale is beyond me. Morgan is not a hero; he's a bumbling, eccentric and selfish man who doesn't have a clue. It would have been far more interesting if she had told the tale from the wife's point of view. To have this much home-wrecking in one book, and so little emotional fall-out is unbelievable. I think Tyler can do better.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Actions without consequences, May 13 1998
This review is from: Morgan's Passing (Paperback)
Morgan spends his life pretending he is somebody else. . .doctor, inventor, whatever. He leaves his wife of thirty years and seven kids to break up the marriage of a young couple and their kid. No comment is made as to how this affects the children--the creep is presented as a funny charmer. If you think divorce and abandonment is a joke you will love this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A gem, Aug 30 2003
By Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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Morgan's Passing is one of my top favorites of Anne Tyler's many books, perhaps because I'm a midwife, and the book contains one of the most hilarious, compassionate, and realistic childbirth scenes I've ever read. Morgan of the title delivers a baby in a car, and when he asks the guy to get some newspaper, the flustered fellow asks, "The Times, the Post, or the Trib??" or some such nonsense. And believe me, I know from experience that you just can't make that kind of stuff up. It's true, it's all true.
But back to the main theme. Morgan is a very odd and very irritating eccentric, married to a clearly long-suffering wife with whom he has seven children. All girls. Morgan works in a hardware store where he mostly tries to talk people out of buying the stock. Morgan talks and talks and talks and talks. And Morgan is going through a confusing slide into a mid life crisis.
It makes for some of Tyler's best writing - and for some of our best reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A powerfully detailed and moving story of middle age
Anne Tyler's "Morgan's Passing" provides probably the most moving story of middle age I've ever read--not for any illness or newfound love of life or striking... Read more
Published on Sep 19 2002 by Catherine S. Vodrey

4.0 out of 5 stars I liked Morgan and his story...
This novel follows an eccentric named Morgan as he bumbles through his life, putting on one costume after another, one persona after another, in an effort to discover who he is... Read more
Published on Dec 17 2001 by S. Turlington

5.0 out of 5 stars An Imperfect Eccentric
Having read other reader's reviews of Ladder of Years, Searching For Caleb, and now this lovely book, I'm beginning to see that strong writing is not enough for some people... Read more
Published on Aug 4 2001 by Rusty Kransky

4.0 out of 5 stars Missing the Point
It appears that a number of the reviewers have, like I did the first time I read the book, missed the point. Morgan is not a hero; he was never meant to be. Read more
Published on May 2 2001 by pkstill

4.0 out of 5 stars Touching portrait of a man in a muddle.
Many of the reviews here are harsh with the title character and the choices he makes. I think that actually highlights why I like Anne Tyler's books so much. Read more
Published on Mar 26 2001 by A reader

2.0 out of 5 stars grey and dull with a few nice moments
Having read other works by Anne Tyler, a typically morvelous author, I am extremely let down by the quality of this novel. Read more
Published on April 28 2000 by Juli

4.0 out of 5 stars Eccentric mid-life crisis and human bonding
Morgan and Emily's destiny is sealed after the ersatz obstetric delivery when the book opens.Morgan is missing or has missed life so he enacts many roles beyond that of just... Read more
Published on Jan 27 2000 by piglet

1.0 out of 5 stars Lengthy, boring descriptions about nothing in particular...
Reading "Morgan's Passing" is like listening to your maiden aunt drone on about people from her past -- people you don't know, don't care about, and who don't seem to... Read more
Published on Jun 7 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars My recomendation if you read only one book this year.
This book is one I hated finishing...it was wonderful. I read it in Italian but intend to purchase a copy in English, in case I missed any of Anne Tyler's subtlety!
Published on Oct 17 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A favorite by Anne Tyler
I have become an extreme fan of Anne Tyler over this past year, due mainly to a research project I had to complete on her. Read more
Published on Jul 24 1998 by E. Caldwell

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