A master at chronicling the lives of ordinary people uncovers universal truths in a novel about a computer repair man. There is a girlfriend of sorts but no sign of male friends. For a novelist who has spent more than 50 years capturing in detail the lives and hearts of ordinary people, this brief, judgmental pulling of focus is startling. It is also, possibly, a sly riposte to her harshest critics. Tyler claims not to read her reviews but, as her fiction proves, she misses nothing: a thread of steeliness runs through her determinedly unshowy prose. All right then, she seems to say. Here he is, Micah Mortimer, your textbook generic, middling man — if that is the way you choose to take him.

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Her career continued on stage, radio and television throughout much of the 20th century. Rogers was born in Independence, Missouri , and raised in Kansas City. She and her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas , when she was nine years old. She won a Charleston dance contest [1] which launched a successful vaudeville career. After that, she gained recognition as a Broadway actress for her stage debut in Girl Crazy. This led to a contract with Paramount Pictures , which ended after five films. Rogers had her first successful film roles as a supporting actress in 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of