Three Days in June A Novel by Anne Tyle

Some weekends change everything. For Gail Baines, it only takes three days.

It’s the day before her daughter Debbie’s wedding, and things are already unraveling. Gail has just lost her job—or quit, depending on who you ask. Then her ex-husband Max turns up on her doorstep, unannounced, carrying a stray cat, with nowhere to stay and not even a suit to wear down the aisle.

But the real reckoning arrives when Debbie shares a secret about her husband-to-be. Suddenly the wedding hangs in the balance, and Gail finds herself pulled back into her own past, asking the hard questions about how her marriage to Max came undone in the first place.

This is Anne Tyler at her warm, wise, and quietly devastating best. With her trademark tenderness for ordinary people and their messy, beautiful lives, she gives us a story about marriage, motherhood, and the slow work of forgiveness—both for others and for ourselves.

It’s a slim novel, but don’t let that fool you. There’s a whole lifetime tucked between these pages. The kind of book you’ll read in a single sitting and then sit with long after.

Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Strout and anyone who loves a story that finds the extraordinary in the everyday. We’d happily slip a shelf-talker beside this one—it’s a favorite around here.

Settle in by the window, listen to the sea, and let Gail’s three days become yours. This new release trade paperback is waiting to be discovered. Come browse, and take it home.

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