Redhead by the Side of the Road
Books | Fiction / Literary
3.7
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Anne Tyler
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a sparkling 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 signature wit and gimlet-eyed observation.
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Author
Anne Tyler
Pages
192
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2020-04-07
ISBN
0525658424 9780525658429
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"Anne Tyler has done it again! This is a great read. I'm only halfway through but I know I'm going to finish today. "
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Leah Senior
"3.5 stars. I love Anne Tyler’s writing and even though this was a simple story I completely enjoyed the quick read. Her characters are just the right amount of flawed ... their nuances make them unique and real and relatable. Micah and every single person he encountered in the short time span of the story seemed absolutely authentic and that’s what keeps me coming back to Tyler’s books."
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Gretchen Nord