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Back When We Were Grownups

by Anne Tyler · 2001

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The latest #1 New York Times bestseller by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Accidental Tourist is now the subject of a Hallmark Hall of Fame television film, set to air in November 2004 on CBS, starring Blythe Danner, Peter Fonda, and Faye Dunaway.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
womenwomenMore like thisLess of thisfamilyfamilyMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisBaltimoreBaltimoreMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisNorth AmericaNorth AmericaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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