Three Days in June

''A joy to read in a single relaxing afternoon'' JACQUELINE WILSON ''This is story-telling at its very best'' RACHEL JOYCE '' I devoured it in one long lazy afternoon - I laughed and cried'' VICTORIA HISLOP The happily ever after is only part of the story... A funny, touching, hopeful gem about 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 expecting to stay for the festivities. He doesn''t even have a suit. Instead, he''s brought memories, a shared sense of humour - 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... As the big day dawns, the exes just can''t agree on what''s best for Debbie. Gail is seriously worried, while Max seems more concerned with whether to opt for the salmon or prime rib at the reception, if they make it that far. The day after the wedding, Gail and Max prepare to go their separate ways again. But all the questions about the future of the happy couple have stirred up the past for Gail. Because ''happy'' takes many forms, and sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth. '' Clear-eyed, out-and-out funny and a cause for celebration '' RACHEL JOYCE ''I laughed and cried - and some of the tears were just for the sheer brilliance of her writing. She is truly extraordinary. I wanted it to go on and on, but that was the beauty of it too. The brevity and the economy . . . there is almost no greater pleasure than reading Anne Tyler'' VICTORIA HISLOP '' Three Days in June has all her trademark wry humour and brilliant observation , brought together with her immaculate technique. It''s full of love, and that can never be beaten'' ELIZABETH BUCHAN ''If Anne Tyler isn''t the best writer in the world, who is?'' BBC R4 WOMAN''S HOUR ''Razor sharp on family, love and marriage'' DAVID NICHOLLS ''Anne Tyler really is the best'' GRAHAM NORTON ''Our greatest chronicler of family life'' CRAIG BROWN, DAILY MAIL ''Nobody does it better'' VOGUE ...

Auteur

Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her bestselling novels include Breathing Lessons, The Accidental Tourist, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years, Back When We Were Grown-ups, Digging to America, A Spool of Blue Thread, Clock Dance, Redhead by the Side of the Road and French Braid.

In 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize; in 1994 she was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as 'the greatest novelist writing in English'; and in 2012 she received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. In 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize; and in 2020 Redhead by the Side of the Road was longlisted for the Booker Prize.

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'A joy to read in a single relaxing afternoon' JACQUELINE WILSON 'This is story-telling at its very best' RACHEL JOYCE 'I devoured it in one long lazy afternoon - I laughed and cried' VICTORIA HISLOP

The happily ever after is only part of the story... A funny, touching, hopeful gem about 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 expecting to stay for the festivities. He doesn't even have a suit. Instead, he's brought memories, a shared sense of humour - 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...

As the big day dawns, the exes just can't agree on what's best for Debbie. Gail is seriously worried, while Max seems more concerned with whether to opt for the salmon or prime rib at the reception, if they make it that far.

The day after the wedding, Gail and Max prepare to go their separate ways again. But all the questions about the future of the happy couple have stirred up the past for Gail. Because 'happy' takes many forms, and sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth.

'Clear-eyed, out-and-out funny and a cause for celebration' RACHEL JOYCE

'I laughed and cried - and some of the tears were just for the sheer brilliance of her writing. She is truly extraordinary. I wanted it to go on and on, but that was the beauty of it too. The brevity and the economy . . . there is almost no greater pleasure than reading Anne Tyler' VICTORIA HISLOP

'Three Days in June has all her trademark wry humour and brilliant observation, brought together with her immaculate technique. It's full of love, and that can never be beaten' ELIZABETH BUCHAN

'If Anne Tyler isn't the best writer in the world, who is?' BBC R4 WOMAN'S HOUR

'Razor sharp on family, love and marriage' DAVID NICHOLLS

'Anne Tyler really is the best' GRAHAM NORTON

'Our greatest chronicler of family life' CRAIG BROWN, DAILY MAIL

'Nobody does it better' VOGUE

Résumé

'If Anne Tyler isn't the best writer in the world, who is?' BBC R4 WOMAN'S HOUR

'Read her for the eccentric characters, the pitch-perfect dialogue, the humour and the tiny ordinary moments so exquisitely described they bring tears to your eyes' LIANE MORIARTY, DAILY MAIL

An instant classic about love, marriage and second chances from the beloved, bestselling sage of the human heart, Anne Tyler

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start with, she loses her job or quits, depending who you ask. And then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door expecting to stay for their daughter's wedding. He hasn't even brought a suit. Instead, he brings with him memories, a calm maturity, a shared sense of humour and a cat looking for a new home.

Over the course of the three busy days of the wedding, the past is stirred up for Gail, even as the future in the shape of the happy couple Debbie and Kenneth is already underway. But 'happy' takes many forms, and sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth.

Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humour, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a feast of a novel to savour in a single sitting.

'Razor sharp on family, love and marriage' DAVID NICHOLLS

'Anne Tyler really is the best' GRAHAM NORTON

'Tyler's genius lies in the subtlety with which she portrays her characters' internal worlds' LUCY ATKINS, SUNDAY TIMES

'Our greatest chronicler of family life' CRAIG BROWN, DAILY MAIL

'Nobody does it better' VOGUE