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

The brothers Ansel and James, neighbors 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.

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