French Braid

French Braid
Anne Tyler
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 256pg
24 Mar 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781784744632
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A stand-out new family novel from the critically acclaimed, Booker-prize shortlisted author of A Spool of Blue ThreadA major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author -- a freshly observed, funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one family' s foibles, from the 1950s right up to our pandemic present The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture far from home, but in some ways they have never been further apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping his family' s orbit, for reasons none of them understands. Yet, as these lives advance across decades, the Garretts' influence on one another ripples unmistakably through each generation. Full of heartbreak and hilarity, French Braid is classic Anne Tyler- a stirring, uncannily insightful novel bursting with warmth and humour that illuminates the kindnesses and cruelties of our daily lives, the impossibility of breaking free from those who love us, and how close -- yet how unknowable -- every family is to itself.
Such a perfect work of fiction, you want to turn it over like a tapestry to see how it is done; how Tyler can sew gentle humour into a truly heart-wrenching story, and twist all of life' s hurts into a family saga that is ultimately life-affirming, and a brisk and thrilling read. We readers are so lucky a writer like Tyler exists -- MEG MASON Tyler' s sentences are wholly hers, instantly recognisable and impossible to duplicate -- HANYA YANIGIHARA She is and always will be my favourite author -- LIANE MORIARTY Anne Tyler really is the best . . . her sheer brilliance makes it all seem so effortless -- GRAHAM NORTON One of my favourite writers -- ALI SMITH
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 Grownups, A Patchwork Planet, The Amateur Marriage, Digging to America, A Spool of Blue Thread, Vinegar Girl and Clock Dance. In 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons; in 1994 she was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as ' the greatest novelist writing in English' ; in 2012 she received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence; and in 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread was a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Baileys Women' s Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781784744632
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 256

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