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.
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.
The Sexy Nerd's Review. . .
I wish all books could be written like this one. Tyler took a very simple story and turned it into a masterpiece, and she didn’t make the reader have to suffer through hundreds upon hundreds of pages to do it. Simply put. She just told the story.
Gail finds herself at a crossroads. Her daughter is getting married, and she is standing in the school administrator’s office where she works and learns that she’s being replaced by a younger version of herself. Hmmph! With the experience Gail had, she was able to do the job her boss was doing but she was advised she wasn’t personable enough. Well, doesn’t that beat all.
She goes home to lick her wounds and at the same time calm herself down so she can enjoy her daughter’s big day the next day and her ex-husband shows up with a cat in tow. He didn’t book a hotel so he just assumed he could bunk with Gail. What the hell?
As Gail tries to adjust her life around Max, the ex-hubby, her daughter shares something with her that was totally unexpected. Her secret was so mind blowing she felt perhaps her daughter should postpone the wedding. When Debbi, her daughter, decides she is still going through with it, her decision caused Gail to look at herself and ponder on how her marriage went left when she and Max divorced.
If there is any such thing as a quick slow burn, that’s how I would describe this story. As you begin to journey along with Gail, you’ll find out that life sometimes plays jokes on you and gives you a whole new perspective.
I absolutely loved this story. I could relate to Gail because as you age and have been there and done that through life, you start to really delve deep into the way you handled things in the past that most definitely will leave a lasting impact in the future. This is what Gail faces and we, the readers, get to view her world. I couldn’t get enough. This was an amazing story.
The Sexy Nerd gives Three Days in June five more days for Gail to get through everything. I’ve never read this author before and now that I have, I think I’d like to read some of Tyler’s other bodies of work. Three Days in June goes on sale, Tues., February 11, 2025, at your favorite book retailers or wherever books are sold. If you’re looking for a good quick story to sink your eyes into, I highly recommend reading this. I found it so enjoyable and relatable. Well done, Anne Tyler! You’ve made a new fan!
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