Saint Ian Anne Tyler was described by The Washington Post Book World as being “a master at capturing the evolution of families over time.” This was clearly evident throughout Saint Maybe. Ian, Agatha, Thomas, Daphne all grew and changed very much over the course of their lives. When we first met Ian he was a teenager growing up with his entire life to live in front of him. He was enjoying his life; he had …showed first 75 words of 893 total…

…showed last 75 words of 893 total…stick with Ian throughout the novel, all the way through the birth of his child. The critics were right. Anne Tyler is a master at capturing the evolution of family. The problems and solutions that she wrote about in Saint Maybe were very real and easy for me to associate with. I am also quite familiar the Baltimore area and was interested in what other towns and locations Tyler would mention that I knew of.