French braid / Anne Tyler.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593321096 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 059332109X (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 243 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
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Subject: | Families > Fiction. Vacations > Fiction. Generations > Fiction. Baltimore (Md.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 89 of 99 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 1 current hold with 99 total copies.
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Abington Community Library | FICTION TYLER (Text) | 50687011769489 | Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 05/07/2024 |
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION TYLER (Text)
Bookplate:
In Memory of William R. and Natalie Henkelman
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50686016153137 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION TYLER (Text) | 50686016154101 | Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 05/06/2024 |
Altoona Area Public Library | F TYL (Text) | 33240004945013 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Annie Halenbake Ross Library | F Tyl (Text)
Memorial:
In remembrance of Eleanor Kodish by Avis Elementary School Faculty and Staff
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00152569 | ADULT Fiction | Available | - |
Ashland Public Library | FIC TYL (Text)
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In Memory of Laura Lyden
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3039900036201- | Fiction | Available | - |
Bangor Public Library | F TYL (Text) | 75011000373263 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beaverdale Public Library | F T (Text) | 31814450622466 | BVRM Fiction | Available | - |
Bedford County Library | F TYL (Text) | 35010001093051 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bellwood-Antis Public Library | F Tyl (Text) | 310BEL00087506 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |