What readers think of Three Days in June, plus links to write your own review.

Anne Tyler has a magic touch for writing stories. Her ability to make daily life with her characters interesting and meaningful astounds me! She turns the most ordinary occasions into events that are far from mundane. Three Days in June centers around a small family celebrating a wedding. That's all I will say to avoid spoiling the plot. This book will definitely get a recommendation from me for my book clubs! Thank you, Bookbrowse, for the opportunity to review this book before it is published.

There is nothing like a stressful event (like say a daughter's wedding for example) that can awaken both past and present memories, anxious thoughts and hidden secrets that we might wish to keep buried. This is what is happening to Gail Baines as she struggles through time with her thoughts in these "three days in June." I loved all the characters. They were well-developed, truly wonderful, funny and relatable. This book was an easy, fast read and I enjoyed every minute of it. I think it would be a great book for book clubs, due to its relatable content, as who hasn't had bad days. It provided me with a respite from my own anxious thoughts, just to be able to sit down in my favorite chair with a nice cup of tea and to be transported into a place that offers a look at family life, with all its quirkiness, a bit of messiness, and a connectedness.

This book drew me in and kept my attention until the very end. In fact I didn't want it to end. Thoroughly enjoyable. Gail Baines' interior dialogue came across as real and true. The writing is tight, engaging, and funny. Anyone who wants an absorbing, entertaining and light read would enjoy this. Moreover, I think any woman would find Gail incredibly relatable.

In typical Anne Tyler fashion, she makes the ordinary characters in Three Days In June very interesting. The three days in June are the day before, the day of, and the day after a wedding. I found myself thinking of these characters even when I wasn't reading this book. This is a delightful character driven book. I highly recommend.

This book covers three days in June and tells the story of Gail Baines. It starts with Gail walking into work as the assistant headmaster only to find out that she is being replaced so she quits…or is she fired?

She arrives home and shortly afterward, her ex-husband, Max, arrives (uninvited) on her doorstep with a cat and announces that he will be staying with Gail for the weekend due to their daughter, Debbie’s, wedding. Debbie, meanwhile, is participating in a spa day for the ladies which Gail was not invited to.

Just before the rehearsal dinner, Debbie confides in Gail and Max that her husband-to-be, Kenneth, acted questionably and she questions whether or not she should continue with the wedding. This revelation brings back to light an incident that ended Gail’s own wedding.

This is a quick read and the characters are realistic and the storytelling his honest. The interchanges between Gail and Max are quirky and they are total opposites.

Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf for a digital advance reader's copy. All comments and opinions are my own.

I have read most of Anne Tyler’s 30 books - she’s one of my must-read authors. So I was excited to have the opportunity to read an early copy of this short (156 page) novel. Like all of Tyler’s stories, this is character-driven with just enough plot to make it compelling.

This is a novel of second chances, forgiveness, marriage, and family. At first the story seems pretty straightforward, but the more I read, the more layers were revealed. Tyler’s writing is skillful and perceptive, both serious and witty. Once again, she has written an entertaining yet observant novel of the lives and loves of everyday people.

This book covers three days in June and tells the story of Gail Baines. It starts with Gail walking into work as the assistant headmaster only to find out that she is being replaced so she quits or is she fired? She arrives home and shortly afterward, her ex-husband, Max, arrives (uninvited) on her doorstep with a cat and announces that he will be staying with Gail for the weekend due to their daughter, Debbie's, wedding.

Debbie, meanwhile, is participating in a spa day for the ladies which Gail was not invited to. Just before the rehearsal dinner, Debbie confides in Gail and Max that her husband-to-be, Kenneth, acted questionably and she questions whether or not she should continue with the wedding.

This revelation brings back to light an incident that ended Gail's own wedding. This is a quick read and the characters are realistic and the storytelling his honest. The interchanges between Gail and Max are quirky and they are total opposites.

This novel is a light-hearted look at three days in the life of Gail Baines (a 61 year old assistant administrator in a private school). She's divorced from Max, and their daughter, Debbie, is getting married.

The story is character-driven. Who are these characters and what is their history?
Day 1: A Day of Beauty: What kind of crisis can come from that?
Day 2: D-Day: Is that a hint that something will happen at the wedding?
Day 3: The Day After: What comes next?

I was intrigued by the presence of the cat throughout the three days. Why did the
author add the cat to the story? Do her antics parallel the storyline?
I would not choose this book for my discussion group. Though I would recommend
reading it in front of a fireplace, with a warm beverage, on a snowy night.
An enjoyable 'light' read.