Earthly Possessions (novel)

Earthly Possessions
1st edition cover, New York, 1977
Author	Anne Tyler
Original title	Earthly Possessions
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	1977
Published in English	1977
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	197
ISBN	9780394411477
OCLC	OL24950680M
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.T979 Ear PS3570.Y45 (76041222 )[1]
Preceded by	Searching for Caleb (1975)
Followed by	Morgan's Passing (1980)

Earthly Possessions is a 1977 novel by Anne Tyler.

Plot summary

The adventures of a discontented preacher's wife who is taken hostage during a bank robbery.

Reviews

• John Leonard: "Earthly Possessions" The New York Times (May 3, 1977).

See also

• Earthly Possessions

References

v t e Works by Anne Tyler Novels 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 Pulitzer Prize **Winner *Finalist Children's books Tumble Tower (1993) Timothy Tugbottom Says No! (2005) Short stories Average Waves in Unprotected Waters (1977) Holding Things Together (1977) Teenage Wasteland (short story) (1983) Adaptations The Accidental Tourist (1988/Film) Breathing Lessons (1994/TV) Saint Maybe (1998/TV) A Slipping-Down Life (1999/Film) Earthly Possessions (1999/TV) Back When We Were Grownups (2004/TV)