Noah's compass

a novel

by

277 pages

English language

Published 2009 by Doubleday Canada.

ISBN:
978-0-385-66777-7
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OCLC Number:
343726287

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Liam Pennywell takes early retirement from teaching fifth grade. He is bothered by the loss of memory of what happened the first night after he moved into his spare, efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is - well, something quite different.

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reviewed Noah's compass by Anne Tyler

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The "hook" was interesting - Liam Pennywell suffers from a head injury and cannot remember the incident, although he does recall everything up to and just afterward.

Got about halfway through, to the point where he begins a romance with a "rememberer," a woman who...oh, never mind. It wasn't worth my time to finish the book, and it's not worth any more effort for me to continue this review.

Started: February 6, 2012
Gave up: February 9, 2012

Subjects

  • Older men
  • Fiction
  • Retirees
  • Old age