Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Life of Anne Tyler -- 2 Literary In uences on Anne Tyler -- 3 A Slippingu Down Life -- 4 The Clock Winder -- 5 Celestial Navigation -- 6 Searching For Caleb -- 7 Earthly Possessions -- 8 Morgan R s Passing -- 9 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant -- 10 The Accidental Tourist -- 11 Breathing Lessons -- 12 Saint Maybe -- 13 Ladder of Years -- 14 A Patchwork Planet -- Bibliography -- Index.