Clock Dance

 I  have been a huge fan of Anne Tyler's writing for several decades now so I felt super lucky to be able to borrow one of her books that I hadn't read yet called Clock Dance. What I love about Anne Tyler's writing is that she writes about ordinary people doing ordinary things. This story is about Willa who grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania. Willa has a sister who is 4 years younger. Willa's father is a kind man with an easy going nature. Willa's mother is moody, tempestuous and sometimes physically abusive. Willa is more like her father than her mother. Through out her life other people have decided her life for her and she  has just gone along with it. Now, at age 60, she gets a phone call asking for help and she decided she will help. In the process of helping she becomes part of a larger community. This is uncharted territory for her. As an older woman she finally learns that it is not too late to make a change.