![]() Over that family holiday, the reader sees each character’s traits and how they interact with each other. ![]() Mercy and Robin have three children, Alice, Lily and David. So sets the tone of the story, which then jumps back into the past of the Garrett family and their one family holiday in 1959. Her boyfriend wonders how she can’t recognise her cousin, but his party of the family isn’t from Baltimore (gasp). Serena thinks she just might have seen her cousin, but she’s not sure. The story starts close to the present day as one of the grandchildren is travelling back to Baltimore from Philadelphia. In French Braid, we are introduced to the Garrett family. ![]() French Braid is classic Tyler about messy families, Baltimore and unique yet ordinary characters. I can’t help but get excited when I see a new Anne Tyler book (and also think luxuriously about the parts of her backlist I still need to devour). Why I chose it: Really enjoy Anne Tyler’s work. ![]() The not-so-good: It’s always difficult to close the book on Tyler’s characters. In brief: The story of the Garrett family in all their messy, convoluted glory of relationships, secrets and happiness. ![]()
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