Earthly Possessions

Maike Mortimer is a person of habit. The youngest son in a large family—and the only one who received higher education. Single, faithfully following a steady routine in which, of course, there are no breathtaking prospects, but there are also no crushing failures. Yet everything changes completely when Maike’s friend faces eviction, and at her doorstep appears a teenager calling himself her son. Now Maike’s routine life is in danger, because the events he becomes involved in can change his fate forever.

The novel "Ricky on the Sidewalk" is filled with sparkling humor, cheerfulness, and sincerity. Anne Tyler doesn’t just create characters who bravely fight for goodness—she fills every reader with the desire to do the same.