A View of the Harbour (Virago Modern Classics)
Every one of her books is a treat and this is my favourite, because of its wonderful cast of characters, and because of the deftness with which Taylor's narrative moves between them ... A wonderful writer Sarah Waters Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all Anne Tyler A wonderful novelist Jilly Cooper An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant - even the humdrum becomes astonishing DAILY TELEGRAPH