Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Summary
Anne Tyler

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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Summary

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is an American novel by Anne Tyler, published in 1982. It was a finalist in 1983 for both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award.

The novel tells the story of the Tull family over forty years, and their attempts to deal with the aftermath of their abandonment by Beck Tull. The story begins at 85-year-old Pearl Tull’s deathbed, and then rotates from her point of...

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