Three Days in June

 

Our little-town library is terrific! And, as proof of it, I was able to get onto the reserve list and then get the thing I reserved, within 2 weeks. So, I was able to read Anne Tyler's new book, Three Days in June, over the weekend. 

I love this writer. She is so good at her craft, so funny, so on target, so wise, so able to write down the ideas and experiences of life in a simple yet deeply moving way.

Here we find Gail, a Baltimore resident (Tyler's favorite venue), the central character of the three-day story, presented in three chapters: the day before the wedding, the day of the wedding of her daughter, and the day after. Pretty ordinary isn't it? Then why does Tyler make it so magical, within the everydayness of her stories?

So, if you're a Tyler fan, enjoy her latest, and if you are not, I just don't know what to say, except that she's terrific and if you want to start with her Breathing Lessons, you'll be reading a Pulitzer Prize winner!