Everyone on Waverly Street agrees that the Bedloes are the perfect family, two amiable parents, three attractive children, a cat, a dog and assorted goldfish. Ian Bedloe, the youngest at seventeen, is a medium sort of person, a popular high school baseball pitcher. Ian's athletic older brother, Danny, marries Lucy Dean, the divorced mother of two small children, Agatha and Thomas. Shortly after the birth of baby Daphne, Danny dies in an auto accident. A few months later, the distraught Lucy dies of a sleeping pill overdose. Ian feels responsible for both deaths. Ian's pastor, Reverend Emmett of the Church of Second Chances, convinces him to quit college and care for the three children. Tyler's novel is peopled with quirky characters beloved for their idiosyncrasies. Painstaking detail paints a picture so specific, it is universal. Examining.....
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