Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | History in Tyler's Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
In the following essay, Henningfeld traces the critical history of Tyler's Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant and explores the various psychological interpretations of the novel.
Anne Tyler published her ninth novel, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant in 1982. Set in Baltimore, the novel tells the story of Pearl Tull and her children, Cody, Ezra and Jenny, as they attempt to come to terms with a pivotal event, their abandonment by Beck Tull, husband to Pearl and father to the children.
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant received excellent reviews on its publication. In the New York Times Book Review, Benjamin DeMott called it "a border crossing" for Tyler, a book which pushes her "deep into truth." Likewise [The entire page is 1781 words long] The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:
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