The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

This book that I recently started is about a middle-aged travel writer Macon Leary who is on the brink of disaster, finds himself alone and miserable. Called The Accidental Tourist, this book centers on the difficulties of family relationships. This writer named Macon Leary, is the main character who has had a troubled life. Not only had his son died from a freakish shot in a fast-food restaurant, but also his wife, Sarah, has left him. As a career, Macon writes guidebooks for travelers going to anywhere across the country. And lucky for him he gets to travel to these neat places to find and write reviews of hotel rooms, restaurants and scenery. From finding the restaurants that serve the best American food or seeing what hotel is not only cheap, but also livable. He also had an encounter with the dog veterinarian who was acting pretty flirting towards Macon as he was actually trying to hurry and drop off his dog to head to the airport. So maybe some fireworks may go off between them when he comes back for his dog. It also seems like he definitely has feelings for his wife, Sarah who has maybe moved on. Her and Macon had a quite long conversation over the phone the other day. Sarah made the call to see if he was home to pick up some of her things, but the conversation lead into something more. Macon was trying to see how she was doing without him, and see how she was doing with the whole separation thing. But the conversation quickly turned into an argument. Especially, after he was telling her just how filthy everything is now around his apartment, and how filthy the place as become. I can’t wait to read the rest!