For thirty-five year old Charlotte Emory, leaving her husband seems to offer the only way out from the mundaneness of every day life's earthly possessions and emotional complications. In the bank, she withdraws enough money to escape a life and a marriage gone sour. But Charlotte is about to escape in a way she never expected, as a young bank robber takes her hostage, and they head south for Florida in a stolen car. OVER A MILLION ANNE TYLER BOOKS SOLD âe~Sheâe(tm)s changed my perception on lifeâe(tm) Anna Chancellor âe~One of my favourite authors âe(tm) Liane Moriarty âe~She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan âe~Anne Tyler has no peerâe(tm) Anita Shreve âe~My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the worldâe(tm) Nick Hornby âe~A masterly authorâe(tm) Sebastian Faulks âe~Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly goodâe(tm) John Updike âe~I love Anne Tylerâe(tm) Anita Brookner âe~Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humourâe(tm) Eudora Welty