This absorbing story is like an antidote for the ugly US we are being exposed to right now
For Anne Tyler fans, every new novel from her pen is a gift – especially since she declared three or four books ago that she would write no more.
The story is told in the first person by Gail, who is the mother of the bride and who, in chapter one, is sacked from her job as an assistant principal after decades, because her “people skills” are not the best. It’s not that easy to sack a teacher inGail is a mathematician – a bit of a cliche here, perhaps, but she’s a great character. Her ex-husband, awfully nice guy Max, lands in on her to stay over the nights of the wedding, with a rescue cat, Celine – also a strong character.
There are a few small dramatic twists and turns, some surprising, some predictable. What could possibly wreck a wedding? No marks for guessing.So it’s a fairy-tale for grown-ups. An absorbing story about the kind of key family gathering almost everyone experiences, at which people can be pressed into revealing their darker sides – rivalries and anxieties surface like flotsam on the storm of champagne .
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