Noah's Compass

Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors. There is no other author that I know of who can capture the quirky, crazy, and inspiring character personalities like Anne Tyler does. She quietly writes stories about random individuals struggling through their mainly crazy but ordinary lives. There are no murder mysteries to be solved, no vampire romances to fantasize about, no human super powers to save the day. Just everyday normal boring crazy people like you and me. And still Anne Tyler has a way of pulling you in to care about the lives of these ordinary folks.

Meet Liam Pennywell, age 61 years old. Forced into retirement from teaching, he goes to bed one night and wakes up the next morning in a hospital with no memory as to how he got there. I loved this book! Liam reminds me a lot of my own pathetic, quirky, sad, lack of direction old self (lol). Many of us probably need a hit on the old noggin' from time to time so that we stop bobbing along in life. Or maybe just a good book to read. A book that softly takes direct aim at our own life compass - one that points us in a new and more aware direction.