Searching for Caleb

The beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings us a novel that is "funny and lyric and true (The New Yorker).

Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle class--Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes--they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that's why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother Daniel is still wondering. No longer willing to live without answers, he turns to his daughter-in-law, Justine, another Peck family eccentric. A studied tarot card reader, Justine comes across one message over and over in the cards: change is coming. With Daniel's help, she's hoping to find the courage to embrace whatever happens next.

An unlikely pair struggling against a stifling family, Daniel and Justine believe they'll find freedom in just the right mix of magic, music, and mystery.

Author: Anne Tyler
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/27/1996
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.51w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780449911747
ISBN10: 0449911748
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Psychological

About the Author
ANNE TYLER is the author of more than twenty novels. Her eleventh novel, Breathing Lessons, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.