Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

The Tin Can Tree

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.2
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7.2
7.2
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Language
  
English

Pages
  
273

OCLC
  
1378876

Author
  
Anne Tyler

Genre
  
Fiction

Country
  
United States of America

3.6/5
Goodreads

Publication date
  
1965

ISBN
  
978-0449911891

Originally published
  
1965

Page count
  
273

Publisher
  
Alfred A. Knopf

The Tin Can Tree t2gstaticcomimagesqtbnANd9GcQrl2OJ5YxY5Q29Ov

Media type
  
Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

Similar
  
Anne Tyler books, Fiction books

The Tin Can Tree is a 1965 novel by Anne Tyler.

Contents

Plot summary

The Pike family, including ten-year-old Simon Pike, are trying to carry on after the tragic, accidental death of six-year-old Janie Rose Pike. The brothers Ansel and James, relatives of the Pike family, also pitch in to lend support to the Pikes. In the end, the Pikes learn that even after the traumatic death of a young soul, life still continues and they cannot mourn forever.

Reviews

  • Christopher Lehmann-Haupt: "The Tin Can Tree" The New York Times (December 23, 1965).

    • References

    The Tin Can Tree Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics