<p><b>Ben Joe is the only boy in a family of six sisters, Mama and Gram. </b><br><br>He is studying for a law degree in New York when he hears his eldest sister Joanne has left her husband and returned home with her baby girl. Out of a mixture of homesickness and duty Ben Joe returns to the home in which he has always felt like an outsider.<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>