Excerpt from The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler

The Amateur Marriage

by Anne Tyler
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  • Jan 1, 2004, 320 pages
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  • Oct 2004, 336 pages
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"News?" she said.

Excerpted from The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler Copyright © 2004 by Anne Tyler. Excerpted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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