Three Days in June
A funny, touching, hopeful story of love, marriage and second chances
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4.1 • 72 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
‘Just relishable. Thank God for the balm of good writing’ NIGELLA LAWSON
‘A wise, wonderful book’ OBSERVER
'Razor sharp on family, love and marriage' DAVID NICHOLLS
'I devoured it in one long lazy afternoon - I laughed and cried' VICTORIA HISLOP
Weddings aren't just about the happy couple… A funny, touching, hopeful story of love, marriage and second chances
It’s the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well for Gail Baines.
First thing, she loses her job (or quits, depending who you ask). Then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door looking for somewhere to stay. He doesn’t even have a suit. Instead, he’s brought memories – and a cat looking for a new home.
Just as Gail is wondering what’s next, their daughter Debbie discovers her groom has been keeping a secret which could throw the whole wedding into question…
‘She is and always will be my favourite author’ LIANE MORIARTY
'If Anne Tyler isn’t the best writer in the world, who is?' BBC R4 WOMAN'S HOUR
‘She knows all the secrets of the human heart’ MONICA ALI
‘My favourite writer’ NICK HORNBY
'Anne Tyler really is the best' GRAHAM NORTON
'Our greatest chronicler of family life' DAILY MAIL
'Nobody does it better' VOGUE
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Tyler (French Braid) returns with another appealing story of an idiosyncratic family. The day before her only daughter's wedding, 61-year-old Gail Baines learns she's been passed over for a promotion at the private girls' school where she works as assistant headmistress, and that she'll soon be replaced. That afternoon, her mild-mannered ex-husband, Max, shows up at her door with a cat he's fostering, having been turned away by their daughter, Debbie, because her fiancé, Kenneth, is allergic to cats. Then Debbie tells Gail that Kenneth's unreliable sister, Elizabeth, has just claimed he had a recent fling with another woman. Debbie isn't sure if she believes Elizabeth, but Gail panics nonetheless. Still, the wedding proceeds as planned. The next day, Gail's flashbacks to her marriage with Max lead to a surprising revelation. As in Tyler's previous work, there's not much of a plot, but the pleasure is in learning how her characters tick, as Gail time and again fails to find the proper tact. By the end of the story, messy human relationships are proven to be worth all the trouble they cause. This will gratify Tyler's fans.
