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Redhead by the Side of the Road

By: Anne Tyler
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
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Brought to you by Penguin.

From the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread: an offbeat love story about mis-steps, second chances and the elusive art of human connection

Micah Mortimer isn’t the most polished person you’ll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his days running errands for work – his TECH HERMIT sign cheerily displayed on the roof of his car – maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning). He is content with the steady balance of his life.

But then the order of things starts to tilt. His woman friend Cassia (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a ‘girlfriend’) tells him she’s facing eviction because of a cat. And when a teenager shows up at Micah’s door claiming to be his son, Micah is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle.

Redhead by the Side of the Road is an intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who sometimes finds those around him just out of reach – and a love story about the differences that make us all unique.

©2020 Anne Tyler (P)2020 Penguin Audio Clean & Wholesome Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Heartfelt

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another wonderful story by Anne Tyler, her sensitivity of everyday situations is first class.

The queen of observation

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Read really well, written well even, just unfortunately kept waiting for something to happen and it doesn't. Overall don't regret listening to it. It's just that it's the uneventful day to day of a person and some people in his life. It's vanilla yogurt... at room temperature.

Meh...

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This is lovely. Gentle funny, well observed and very well narrated. Also not too long.

Really enjoyed this.

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Beautifully narrated, another exquisite book by Anne Tyler. This story is a gentle yet forensic study of our sleepwalking selves.

Sublime observation

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I loved everything about this book and its reader. Tyler's prose is a delight; small details bring the story vividly to life and her characterisation of Micah is perfect. A small event happens and it changes Micah's attitude to life and finally galvanised him to action. I shall read more of Tyler's books.

A beautifully crafted short novel

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just the right length for a Sunday afternoon a touching view of human loneliness and compassion

beautiful

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This is a really lovely book, and an easy listen. The narration is very good. The novel will please any Tyler fans!

Classic Anne Tyler

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I loved this book. The central character Micah isn’t any kind of hero, just an ordinary chap with ordinary failings, but somehow Tyler brings this to life in a compassionate and humorous way. The detail brings Micah and his fairly mundane life into focus in a deceptively simple way that only an accomplished writer like Tyler could do. Not her greatest, or best, but a lovely Anne Tyler story all the same.

An everyday story....

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Ann Tyler really nails what it is to be human. Excellent, believable dialogue. Beautifully narrated

Sensitive portrayal of main character.

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Excellent narration. Always enjoy Anne Tyler's
Books. I love the easy way her stories drift along, yet they are profound.

Redhead by the side of the road

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