The Tin Can Tree
1965 novel by Anne Tyler
978-0449911891Dewey Decimal
The Tin Can Tree is a 1965 novel by Anne Tyler.
Plot summary
The Pike family, including ten-year-old Simon Pike, are trying to carry on after the tragic, accidental death of six-year-old Janie Rose Pike. The brothers Ansel and James, neighbors of the Pike family, also pitch in to lend support to the Pikes. In the end, the Pikes learn that even after the traumatic death of a young soul, life still continues and they cannot mourn forever.
Reviews
- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt: "The Tin Can Tree" The New York Times (December 23, 1965).
References
- ^ Staff. "The Tin Can Tree - The Library of Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
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Works by Anne Tyler
- If Morning Ever Comes (1964)
- The Tin Can Tree (1965)
- A Slipping-Down Life (1970)
- The Clock Winder (1972)
- Celestial Navigation (1974)
- Searching for Caleb (1975)
- Earthly Possessions (1977)
- Morgan's Passing (1980)
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982)
- The Accidental Tourist (1985)
- Breathing Lessons (1988)
- Saint Maybe (1991)
- Ladder of Years (1995)
- A Patchwork Planet (1998)
- Back When We Were Grownups (2001)
- The Amateur Marriage (2004)
- Digging to America (2006)
- Noah's Compass (2010)
- The Beginner's Goodbye (2012)
- A Spool of Blue Thread (2015)
- Vinegar Girl (2016)
- Clock Dance (2018)
- The Accidental Tourist (film, 1988)
- Saint Maybe (TV film, 1998)
- A Slipping-Down Life (film, 1999)
- Earthly Possessions (TV film, 1999)
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