Redhead by the Side of the Road Redhead by the Side of the Road

Redhead by the Side of the Road

A novel

    • 3.7 • 678 Ratings
    • $12.99
    • $12.99

Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2020
April 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
1.9
MB

Customer Reviews

PierresFamily ,

Almost perfect

Anne has a gift for writing about quotidiem life love her authentic characters. In this case, middle-aged Micah is trying to adjust and find his way in relationships, in an ever/changing world and confusing world. I usually love her books, as did my mother-proving that Tyler’s writing speaks to several generations. My only disappointment was regarding the thankfully brief insertions of politics. Some of us read fiction to escape the politics that have consumed sports, television, academi et al. Too bad she-or perhaps her publisher-felt it necessary. Nevertheless, I will always give her books a chance because she is a modern classic.

SKYJDJDHD ,

Redhead by the Side of the Road

I enjoyed the book, but this is a novella, not a novel. I don’t think I should have paid 14.00 for a book that is less than 200 pp. I am very disappointed. I don’t usually make it a habit of checking to see how many pp a book contains before I purchase it, but I guess I will from now on.

glassluvr21 ,

Redhead by the Side of the Road

My first time reading an Anne Tyler book. Most of the way through it I kept wondering when the “story” was going to start, then realized there wasn’t a “story”, just a day in the life of everyone’s life. I ended up relating to so much of it and finished it with a smile on my face! I recommend this book!

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