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Book Review of The Amateur Marriage

The Amateur Marriage
The Amateur Marriage
Author: Anne Tyler
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Michael & Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in the Polish quarter of Balitmore, he was smitten. And in the heat of WW II fervour, they marry in haste. In this achingly poingnant & unforgettable novel Tyler turns marriage inside out, to show us how attitudes trickle down the generations & marriage moulds its partners, for better or worse.