Clock Dance

Clock Dance (2018, Alfred A. Knopf) is the 22nd novel published by American author Anne Tyler.

[1] Eleven year old Willa Drake struggles to keep things together in the face of her mother's dramatic and disruptive behavior.

As a young woman, she seeks stability in an early marriage, leaving college to build a steady and predictable environment for herself and her family.

After another 20 years, at 61, Willa leads a comfortable, stylish life in Arizona with her semi-retired second husband, Peter.

While she brings stability and support to Denise and Cheryl, Willa also reclaims her younger, freer and less deferential self.