SOURCE: "The Accidental Convert," in The New York Times Book Review, August 25, 1991, pp. 1, 26.
In the following review, Parini states that Tyler's Saint Maybe is "a realistic chronicle that celebrates family life without erasing the pain and boredom that families almost necessarily inflict upon their members."
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