Sometimes when he was dealing with people, he felt like he was operating one of those claw machines on a boardwalk, those shovel things where you tried to scoop up a prize but the controls were too unwieldy and you worked at too great a remove. And it’s not because he doesn’t love them enough. Micah of course is an easy character to root for – a good kind man who cannot see where he’s failed the ones he loves. Her characters have life-changing quandaries before them, quandaries such as you and I might face, and she describes her protagonists, their situations and the people around them so beautifully – and often with humor-laced descriptions – that one is moved. Tyler’s writing is perceptive and empathetic. When I think of a word to describe the effect of Tyler’s writing, one word always pops up : heartfelt. He has built his life around people he loves, and at this juncture to restart, rebuild! He is not sure he can. He is a good guy, he thinks, trying to do the right thing. Micah finds his life suddenly upended and he isn’t quite sure why. Also Micah’s “woman-friend”, the gentle undemanding Cass is facing eviction from her own apartment, but Micah’s humorous retort on hearing of it rubs her the wrong way. He is living a content, low-key life when trouble strikes in the form of Brink, a teenager who says he’s Micah’s son. His main gig is being the superintendent of a Baltimore apartment building. He’s got a side-gig as the Tech Hermit where he helps various technologically challenged folks with their issues. This is a story of people – most are – but Tyler tells them so much better than everyone else. So I picked up “Redhead by the side of the Road” and like it even better! I recently read Ladder of Years and liked it very much.
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