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A Slipping-Down Life

by Anne Tyler · 1969

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0345478959|9780345478955. 192 pages.

Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager, lonely and silent. But her quiet life is shattered when she hears the voice of Drumstrings Casey on the radio and becomes instantly attracted to him. She manages to meet him, bursting out of her lonely shell—and into the attentive gaze of the intangible man who becomes all too real....

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
musicmusicMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisNorth CarolinaNorth CarolinaMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of thishigh schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultadult
Length
short · 192 pages

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