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A Slipping-Down Life
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4 out of 5
Based on 3,062 Ratings and 205 Reviews

Book Description
"Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place."
NEWSDAY
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 w... More
Book Information
PublisherBallantine Books
BindingPaperback (24 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages192
ISBN-100345478959
ISBN-13978-0345478955
Publication Date05/04/2004
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About Anne Tyler (Author) : Anne Tyler is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Anne Tyler include The Accidental Tourist: A Novel, Breathing Lessons: A Novel, Timothy Tug... more
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