01949pam a2200301 i 4500 9916907 CaAEU 20251015121033.0 210305t20222022xxc e 000 1 eng 2021010229 9780593321096 on1310487552 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF BDX YDX LMJ Y$5 HOT LJW OI6 OCLCO RNL OCO OCLCO TXSCH JQM UAB AEU eng pcc PS3570.Y45 F74 2022 Tyler, Anne author 26144 French braid / Anne Tyler. New York, NY : Alfred A. Knope, 2022. 243 pages ; 25 cm. "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping his family's orbit, for reasons none of them understands. Yet as these lives advance across decades, the Garretts' influence on one another ripples unmistakably through each generation, much like French-braided hair keeps its waves even after it is undone. Full of heartbreak and hilarity, French Braid is classic Anne Tyler: a stirring, uncannily insightful novel of tremendous warmth and humor that illuminates the kindnesses and cruelties of our daily lives, the impossibility of breaking free from those who love us, and how close--yet how unknowable--every family is to itself. Families Fiction 22172 Vacations Fiction 25446 Generations Fiction 26174 Historical fiction 22722 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-10-15 0 P-EN TYL B07695 2025-10-15 1 2025-10-15 1 5050 5050