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  • French Braid

  • By: Anne Tyler
  • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
  • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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French Braid

By: Anne Tyler
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
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The major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author - a brilliantly perceptive, painfully true and funny journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today.

When the kids are grown and Mercy Garrett gradually moves herself out of the family home, everyone determines not to notice.

Over at her studio, she wants space and silence. She won't allow any family clutter. Not even their cat, Desmond.

Yet it is a clutter of untidy moments that forms the Garretts' family life over the decades, from giving a child a ride to a painstaking Easter lunch, a fateful train journey to an unexpected homecoming.

And it all begins in 1959, with a family holiday to a cabin by a lake. It's the only one the Garretts will ever take, but its effects will ripple through the generations.

©2022 Anne Tyler (P)2022 Penguin Audio
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"If Anne Tyler isn't the best writer in the world, who is?" (BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour)

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So lovable

Dear sweet insightful Anne Tyler….. the inner thoughts and observances are spot on. Such a comfortable experience… and narrated perfectly of course. Thank you

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