Clock Dance

Willa Drake has had three opportunities to start her life over: in 1967 as a schoolgirl whose mother has suddenly disappeared; in 1977, when considering a marriage proposal; and in 1997, as a young widow trying to hold her family together. So she is surprised in 2017 when, after receiving a startling phone call from a stranger, she is given one last chance to change everything.

Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to help a young woman she's never met. This impulsive decision, maybe the first one she's consciously made in her life, will lead Willa into uncharted territory - surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat one another like family. she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places.

A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.