Awards
1985 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Characters
| Name | Leary, Macon |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Trait | Married |
| Name | Pritchett, Muriel |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Dog trainer |
| Trait | Divorced |
| Name | Leary, Sarah |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Trait | Married |
| Genre | Humor --Eccentric Domestic --Humorous Love story --Humorous Fiction |
| Topics | Family relationships Love and marriage May-December romances |
| Setting | Baltimore, Maryland |