The Tin Can Tree

1965
Anne Tyler
The Tin Can Tree
C-

It's an accomplishment of sorts that this is actually worse than If Morning Ever Comes.  It contains one of her worst characters, Ansel Green, a boring, self-centered hypochondriac whose brother James feels obligated to take care of him, to the point that James will probably never marry the neighbor he loves.  There's a 6-year-old whose death happens shortly before the novel begins, but I felt like the grief wasn't believable.  There were mildly interesting parts, like James's photography, and to my surprise a part with Ansel (the pizza), but I just found it an unrewarding read.