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I came across this in today's NYTimes interview with Anne Tyler, who
wrote Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons, Amateur Marriage --

Q - Food plays an important role in the books. What is it about food, family
dinners, sharing a meal?

A - "I'm amazed at the number of times someone says, describing how some
crisis began, `Well, we were just sitting around the supper table.' Surely it
can't all be coincidence. And people's attitudes toward food reveal so much about
them. Are they feeders or hoarders? Enjoyers or self-deniers? Food is a very
handy tool for any writer interested in character."

<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/16/books/16TYLE.html?th>


BTW, I found it interesting that she doesn't do signings or meet face
to face --email interviews only, she grew up Quaker in the rural South, and
she says her real heroes are the ones who can endure, grant privacy to others
around them, and yet manage to produce some warmth. :) JJ


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