A Slipping Down Life
- Author Anne Tyler
- Narrator Deborah McBride
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 24 October 2019
- Run Time 5 hours and 40 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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The audio edition of A Slipping Down Life by Anne Tyler.
In a small Southern town teenager Evie Decker becomes obsessed with local rock singer Bertram 'Drumstrings' Casey, and decides to take her life into her own hands. When she carves his name on her forehead their two lives become unforgettably entwined in this remarkable novel.
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