Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Saint Maybe

Saint Maybe
Saint Maybe
Author: Anne Tyler
Saint Maybe is the rich and absorbing story of a young man's guilt over his brother's death and his struggle to atone for the wrong he feels he has done. — On a quiet street in Baltimore in 1965, seventeen-year-old Ian Bedloe lives with his family in an "ideal, apple-pie household," enjoying the comfort of family traditions and indulging in all t...  more »
Info icon
ISBN-13: 9780679403616
ISBN-10: 0679403612
Publication Date: 8/20/1991
Pages: 337
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 39
3.9 stars, based on 39 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

Top Member Book Reviews

 KrisC avatar reviewed Saint Maybe on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Very interesting. The main character who is torn between living a normal life or that of raising his son's children is quite manages to also join a church that is almost cult like. Along the way he struggles with his decision and debates whether to become a priest, marry, be a father, and then live with the secret that he punishes himself with daily.
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 81 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Wonderful story of an unconventional family and a man who spends his life trying to atone for a tragedy he believes he caused.
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 40 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent. Anne Tyler has a wonderful way of getting to the nitty gritty of human character.
SanJoseCa avatar reviewed Saint Maybe on + 328 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A wonderful story of a young man searching for forgiveness and finding religion, through a bit of sacrifice and a lot of love, at the church of the Second Chance. The author is a "master" in capturing family life and interpersonal struggle. A great Book Club read!
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Warm, funny and a good read about the Bedloe family and second chances.
Read All 28 Book Reviews of "Saint Maybe"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

 reviewed Saint Maybe on
Tyler is an exceptional story teller. Her stories are for and about people who stop one day and think, "Hey, how did this become my life?" Not bitter, not dramatic, just curious. She makes the mundane interesting and the interesting fascinating. I just love her.
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 6 more book reviews
Excellent book!
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 15 more book reviews
An AMAZING book! It really makes you think about the things you say. "It's not that I couldn't give people advice, it's whether or not I want to give it to them."
reviewed Saint Maybe on
another great Anne Tyler book:)
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 10 more book reviews
I love Anne Tyler..this is one of her best family dramas..
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 5 more book reviews
I like Anne Tyler. and this book is an interesting tale of life choices and roads taken.
reviewed Saint Maybe on + 47 more book reviews
very quick read and quite interesting as Always provided by Anne Tyler
emeraldfire avatar reviewed Saint Maybe on
It's 1965, and the Bedloes are just your average all-American family living an ideal, apple-pie existence in Baltimore, Maryland. Theirs are simple, loving, happy lives. Then, in the blink of an eye, a single tragic event occurs that will transform their lives forever - particularly that of seventeen-year-old Ian Bedloe, the youngest son, who blames himself for the sudden "accidental" death of his older brother Danny.

Depressed and depleted, Ian is almost crushed under the weight of a nearly unbearable secret guilt. Then one crisp January evening, he catches sight of a window with a glowing yellow neon sign: the Church of the Second Chance. Ian enters and soon discovers that forgiveness must be earned, through a bit of sacrifice and a lot of love...

I absolutely loved this book - a definite A+++! In my opinion, Ms. Tyler has written a well-told, engrossing story once again. This story is filled with characters that the reader can truly care about, living through circumstances that are completely believable. I read Saint Maybe perhaps ten years ago, but could barely remember the plot when I read it again. I suppose that that makes this a 'new' book for me - one that is a definite keeper!


Genres:


Back to the Top ↑
By using this Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms of Use. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
US Patent Number 7,877,315 | Copyright © 2004 - 2024 PaperBackSwap.com. All Rights Reserved.