They can't forgive him, nor can they forgive one another's shortcomings. Their lives have been colored by a single, shared event - the husband's desertion of them all. As we walk down memory lane with Pearl, and then in turn with each of her three children, we see that we're always on the shady side of the street. The story takes place as Pearl Tull is visited by her children for the last time. Despite the pervading gloom of Anne Tyler's ninth novel, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is a joy to read in much the same way that any beautifully written tragedy is not just for entertainment, but for enlightenment, too.
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