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Three Days in June
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Three Days in June
A Novel
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding.
“What a treat.” —Washington Post

“Simply exquisite.” —Liane Moriarty
“Nobody understands human nature better than Tyler. And nobody understands the complexities of love the way she does.” —Boston Globe

Three Days in June is like reading a hug.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit.
But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding.
“What a treat.” —Washington Post

“Simply exquisite.” —Liane Moriarty
“Nobody understands human nature better than Tyler. And nobody understands the complexities of love the way she does.” —Boston Globe

Three Days in June is like reading a hug.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit.
But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.
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  • Publisher's Weekly

    November 18, 2024
    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. Agent: Jesseca Salky, Salky Literary.

  • AudioFile Magazine Anyone who has been a member of a wedding party will be captivated by Anne Tyler's latest audiobook, appealingly narrated by J. Smith-Cameron. She captures the intonation and Mid-Atlantic accent 61-year-old Gail, the bride's mother, whose job as an assistant principal is suddenly at risk on the eve of her daughter Debbie's wedding. Gail's ex-husband, Max, shows up unexpectedly on her doorstep, seeking a place to stay with the cat he is fostering. At the same time, Debbie has learned that her fiancŽ may have cheated on her. Smith-Cameron keeps listeners oriented as the story shifts from the present-day festivities to flashbacks of Max and Gail's married days. Smith-Cameron deftly conveys Tyler's shrewd observations on marriage and family while illuminating the relatable story's poignancy and humor. M.J. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine
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