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The Accidental Tourist

by Anne Tyler

1985 · children

Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

Meet Macon Leary—a travel writer who hates both travel and strangeness. Grounded by loneliness, comfort, and a somewhat odd domestic life, Macon is about to embark on a surprising new journey. It's called love—and it arrives in the unlikely shape of a fuzzy-haired dog-obedience trainer who promises to turn the Accidental Tourist into a happy traveler...

Set in

  • Baltimore · United States
    Baltimore, Maryland, where travel writer Macon Leary — who hates travel — withdraws into his routines after his son's mu
    ★ primary

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