Carole O'Sullivan

• Clock Dance

• By: Anne Tyler
• Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
• Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
• Unabridged

• Overall

  4 out of 5 stars 12
• Performance

  4.5 out of 5 stars 11
• Story

  4 out of 5 stars 11

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was 11 and her mother disappeared, being proposed to at 21, the accident that would make her a widow at 41. At each of these moments, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others. So when she receives a phone call telling her that her son’s ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help, she drops everything and flies across the country. The spur-of-the moment decision to look after this woman - and her nine-year-old daughter, and her dog - will lead Willa into uncharted territory....

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Underwhelming use of Anne Tyler's skills.

• By Dr. Jeannette Kavanagh on 11-10-2018