Her latest Redhead by the Side of the Road is slim, at 180 pages, but a delight. Can Micah, a man to whom those around him always seem just out of reach, find a way back to his perfectly imperfect love story? **LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020** 'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce 'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali 'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks 'I love Anne Tyler.Anne Tyler is one of my favourite writers, so elegantly understated, so spot-on with her characters. Cassia is threatened with eviction, and when a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son, he is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle. But then the order of things starts to tilt. His carefully calibrated life is regular, steady, balanced. He is in a long-term relationship with his woman friend Cassia, but they live apart. Micah Mortimer measures out his days running errands for work, maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning). **BOOK OF THE YEAR Sunday Times, Daily Express, Times, Daily Telegraph, Good Housekeeping, Metro, Spectator, New Statesman** A perfect love story for imperfect people. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson Can Micah, a man to whom those around him always seem just out of reach, find a way back to his perfectly imperfect love story? **LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020** 'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce 'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali 'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks 'I love Anne Tyler.
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