A Slipping Down Life. A compelling portrait of small-town life, teenage obsession and fractured dreams from the Sunday Times bestselling author

From Sunday Times bestselling author Anne Tyler, a novel about first love, dangerous obsession and unintended consequences. 'Anne Tyler really is the best' GRAHAM NORTONEvie Decker is used to being invisible. Then, one night, she hears a voice on the radio that compels her to commit an act that will change her quiet, small-town life. Magnetic singer Bertram 'Drumstrings' Casey can't ignore her now - but will marriage to a rockstar really be everything that Evie dreamed of?Raw and poignant, with the quiet observational power that has brought millions of readers to Anne Tyler, A Slipping Down Life is a story of loneliness, desire and the fragile line between fantasy and reality.'She is and always will be my favourite author' LIANE MORIARTY'If Anne Tyler isn't the best writer in the world, who is?' BBC R4 WOMAN'S HOUR'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' MONICA ALI'My favourite writer' NICK HORNBY'Our greatest chronicler of family life' DAILY MAIL'I love Anne Tyler' JACQUELINE WILSON