Haven't read anything by Anne Tyler in years. I'm looking forward to this.
And it was not a disappointment. The story of the Whitshank family, with special focus on Abby Whitshank and her son Daniel--though we feel very well acquainted with all other family members by the book's end, both the current and past members--is, in a way, nothing special, and at the same time it is devastatingly extraordinary, particular, and fascinating.
New York Times review.
Tropical Storms Invade Hawaiian Waters: The Role of El Nino
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*Normally, tropical storms and hurricanes avoid the area of the Hawaiian
Islands. *
Why? Because the nearby Pacific is usually too cool!
In general...
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