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Redhead by the Side of the Road
by Anne Tyler
64: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler.
Micah Mortimer is the main character of this book, and he is a forty-something man of...let's say "patterns." Others might say ruts or rigid habits or even diagnose OCD or total paralysis of spontaneity. He's a real creature of habits, but I prefer to see simply a man--both a little lost and a little found, depending--who knows himself and rolls methodically and chooses to live by a schedule. He has his own business called Tech Hermit, which is probably not exactly thriving but does introduce him to new people and allow him to share his expertise and help others. And he is the super of his apartment building, running all things locally for its owner, who now lives in Florida rather than Baltimore.
This is not a long book, but I really enjoyed meeting and getting to know Micah and come to understand him better, learn more about why he operates as he does. I do not think he's alone that way. And I really appreciate Tyler's presentation of this male character who reminds me a tad of Eleanor Oliphant in some ways...though he maybe isn't always doing so "completely fine." I do wonder who it is that Tyler knows to have gotten inside of that head and life to create Micah.
I'm not going to spoil anything else of your own reading by telling you any more about Micah here, or tell you exactly what happens or what he further learns. Just trust me when I say that you might enjoy meeting and getting to know him, too. He will be sitting in my head for a while to come...with kind of a What Might Micah Do? kind of vibe.
This, too, is available for sharing.
Micah Mortimer is the main character of this book, and he is a forty-something man of...let's say "patterns." Others might say ruts or rigid habits or even diagnose OCD or total paralysis of spontaneity. He's a real creature of habits, but I prefer to see simply a man--both a little lost and a little found, depending--who knows himself and rolls methodically and chooses to live by a schedule. He has his own business called Tech Hermit, which is probably not exactly thriving but does introduce him to new people and allow him to share his expertise and help others. And he is the super of his apartment building, running all things locally for its owner, who now lives in Florida rather than Baltimore.
This is not a long book, but I really enjoyed meeting and getting to know Micah and come to understand him better, learn more about why he operates as he does. I do not think he's alone that way. And I really appreciate Tyler's presentation of this male character who reminds me a tad of Eleanor Oliphant in some ways...though he maybe isn't always doing so "completely fine." I do wonder who it is that Tyler knows to have gotten inside of that head and life to create Micah.
I'm not going to spoil anything else of your own reading by telling you any more about Micah here, or tell you exactly what happens or what he further learns. Just trust me when I say that you might enjoy meeting and getting to know him, too. He will be sitting in my head for a while to come...with kind of a What Might Micah Do? kind of vibe.
This, too, is available for sharing.