**INSTANT *NEW YORK TIMES* BEST SELLER**βIf ever there was a perfect time for a new Anne Tyler novel, itβs now.β β*People* βTyler's novels are always worth scooping upβbut especially this gently amusing soother, right now.βΒ βNPR **From the beloved Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperceptio
Redhead by the Side of the Road
β Scribed by Anne Tyler
- Book ID
- 110540158
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780525658429
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β¦ Synopsis
From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection.
Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever. An intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who finds those around him just out of reach, and a funny, joyful, deeply compassionate story about seeing the world through new eyes, Redhead by the Side of the Road is a triumph, filled with Anne Tyler's...
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