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Title: A Formula Plot
Review: I agree with the review entitled "Cloying." This is a formula plot about a woman left alone in mid-life who goes to a new town and lives happily ever after. Anne Tyler has done it much better. Everything falls into place too perfectly to be interesting. She buys an old house and moves in quickly - no 30-day wait for closing? No inspection problems? Her life is perfect.For a fresh take on the older woman left alone in mid-life, read Porter Shreve's "Drives Like a Dream." You won't recognize any familiar plot elements in it.
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