Noah's Compass

<p><b>'As exquisitely observed and quietly brilliant as the rest of Tyler's fiction' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>Liam Pennywell has spent most of his life dodging issues and skirting adventure when suddenly, in his sixty-first year, something happens that jolts him out of his certainty and leaves him with a frightening gap in his memory.<br><br>In trying to piece together what took place on his first night in a new apartment, Liam finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own set of thorny problems...<br><br><b>**ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**</b><br><br><b>'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce<br><br>'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali </b><br><br><b>'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks</b><br><br><b>'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson</b></p> <p><b>'As exquisitely observed and quietly brilliant as the rest of Tyler's fiction' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>Liam Pennywell has spent most of his life dodging issues and skirting adventure when suddenly, in his sixty-first year, something happens that jolts him out of his certainty and leaves him with a frightening gap in his memory.<br><br>In trying to piece together what took place on his first night in a new apartment, Liam finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own set of thorny problems...<br><br><b>**ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**</b><br><br><b>'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce<br><br>'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali </b><br><br><b>'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks</b><br><br><b>'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson</b></p>