This novel quickly became a national bestseller and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Within the first few chapters, it's easy to see why. This novel expounds on the devotion of a father to his daughter and does so by explaining the relationships around them. The first chapter explain
s the background of the small town and the history that shapes the drama to come. This novel is heavy with foreshadowing and has a dramatic twist close to the end.Miles Roby is manager of the Empire Grill. He is a middle class worker who is divorced and shares custody of his daughter, Tick. He dropped out of college to take care of his sick mother and ended up at the Empire Grill for 20 years. His devotion to the Grill and relationship with his daughter come into question after a terrible incident occurs. I enjoyed this novel immensely and quickly checked the library for others written by this author.
Warning: There is a school shooting towards the end of the novel that is described in detail. The violence could be upsetting for some.
Similar Novels: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Length: 483 pages
Copyright: 2001
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