The Tin Can Tree

The Tin Can Tree
1st edition cover, New York, 1965
Author	Anne Tyler
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	1965
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	273
ISBN	978-0449911891
OCLC	1378876
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.T979 Ti PS3570.Y45 (65018762)^[1]

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

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

↑ Staff. "The Tin Can Tree - The Library of Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

Works by Anne Tyler

Novels	If Morning Ever Comes (1964) The Tin Can Tree (1965) A Slipping-Down Life (1970) The Clock Winder (1972) Celestial Navigation (1974) Searching for Caleb (1975) Earthly Possessions (1977) Morgan's Passing (1980) Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982) The Accidental Tourist (1985) Breathing Lessons (1988) Saint Maybe (1991) Ladder of Years (1995) A Patchwork Planet (1998) Back When We Were Grownups (2001) The Amateur Marriage (2004) Digging to America (2006) Noah's Compass (2010) The Beginner's Goodbye (2012) A Spool of Blue Thread

Adaptations	The Accidental Tourist (film, 1988) Saint Maybe (TV film, 1998) A Slipping-Down Life (film, 1999) Earthly Possessions (TV film, 1999)

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