I have read another book by this author, which I enjoyed, but this one really missed the mark for me. Character development was seriously lacking, which made it impossible for me to feel a connection to them, and I never really liked any of the characters. The storyline felt underdeveloped. Nothing of substance happened. I kept hoping that would turn around, but it did not. The ending was lackluster.

I love Anne Tyler, but her latest novel is not her best. Looking into a family's dysfunctions, it's still a good read, but it's not leaving a lasting impression on me like some of her books.

Thanks to NetGalley for an eBook version of the novel in exchange for a review.

Disappointing. This book had a lot of potential. It's a shame it's a novella because it lacked in character development. I feel like it needed more to get the emotional connection to the book. For some reason it felt as though I was reading one extremely long run on sentence, and I was just waiting to get to the end.

Wow! This book!! This author!!

Anne Tyler again gives keen observations filled with wit, wisdom, and warmth on ordinary happenings in life. Her characters are so well-drawn, realistic, and flawed that it's hard not to relate to them.

In Three Days in June, we follow Gail Baines the day before, the day of, and the day after her daughter's wedding. Gail is quirky and a bit socially awkward, though she doesn't recognize that about herself. Her weekend doesn't start well. On Friday, she learns that she's being passed over for a promotion that she was sure was in the bag. To top things off, she returns home to find her ex-husband Max waiting on her doorstep, with a foster-cat and no place to stay. When their daughter reveals something disturbing to her parents, it has them wonder whether the wedding should proceed and makes them review and re-evaluate their own flawed and failed marriage.

This is a short book (176 pages) and a quick read because Tyler captivates you from the start. This gets 5 stars from me.

My thanks to Knopf for permitting me access to a digital review copy via NetGalley. Publication is 2/11/25. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own and are freely given.

I have never read an Anne Tyler novel that I did not enjoy. This one is really a novella describing 3 days around a divorced couple’s only child’s wedding. It wrestles with all the day to day issues average people in their sixties deal with, but in Tyler’s hands, it makes for a very poignant and interesting tale. I particularly enjoyed the self-analysis that Gail if finally able to do by the story’s end.

really interesting book by anne tyler. i love the vibes throughout and i found it really punchy, despite its short length. would recommend. 5 stars. tysm for the arc.

Anne Tyler has such a gift for taking the mundane, the ordinary, and writing about it in a way that makes it so compelling. Three Days in June offers a snapshot view into the life of Gail, her ex-husband, Max, and their daughter, Debbie. The book takes place over the course of three days in June, the day before Debbie's wedding, the wedding day, and the day after. Intermixed with the present day happenings are Grace's recollections about her own marriage and adult life. Three Days in June isn't a flashy book. There are no big twists or make-you-gasp revelations. It's a quiet study of the life of a family and its matriarch. A reflection of a life and the choices made in that life. It's simple and beautiful and I highly recommend it for ay readers who don't need a fast-paced plot or high drama to be entertained. Three Days in June is very much character driven and showcases the beauty and depth of ordinary lives.

I enjoyed very much - my first foray into Anne Tyler’s work. Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf Publishing for an ARC to read and review. Expected publication date in Feb 11 2025.
This is three days in the life of a family surrounding the imminent marriage of the daughter of two divorced parents. It amazed me how much I learned about these characters in a short time and how quickly I became invested in their story. The writing was nothing short of brilliant - totally captivating- unable to put down. So much happens in this short book!
So much of life - love, marriage, work, hope, and parenting dealt with so sensitively in this book.
The only down side for me is the sense of loss I felt at the end - my friends were gone and I didn’t feel a clear resolution of their story especially in terms of the daughter Debbie. It felt like a little sparkling interlude into their lives and I wanted it to continue for my own closure.
4.5 stars
Highly recommended for those who love family tales with the insights they give the reader into human behavior including their own.

*Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf Publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review*

I adore Anne Tyler’s writing and I couldn’t wait to read Three Days In June and devoured this simple yet elegant novel all on a single Sunday.

With Anne Tyler we know exactly what to expect. A seemingly simple story about (in this case) a mundane, three day weekend with a not-so-great-at-being-social mother of the bride with layers upon layers of depth. You will think you have Gail Baines all figured out in her simplicity at the end of the first chapter or so. Slow down. There is more to her than you think and only a brilliant writer like Anne Tyler can take you there.

This wasn’t a long novel. There is a lot within these minimal pages but there are enough pages to leave caring about Gail. You will understand her when she asks herself, “oh, why am I so bottled up?!l. You will have compassion for her. Read it. You’ll be touched.

This was my first novel by Anne Tyler, and after only just a few pages of reading, I honestly felt certain I’d discovered a new favorite author. This book flew by, in the coziest, most emotional and engaging way, and not just because of the shorter length. I was immediately charmed by the characters, their backstories, and their futures.

I’m already planning how I will dive into Tyler’s backlist, and I’m looking forward to recommending this book to my audience on Bookstagram.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for the opportunity to read an eARC of Three Days In June.

Not my favorite Anne Tyler. For quite too many pages, I was unsure of the time period in which the story took place. The characters were all unlikeable and the story was too short to really have much character development. I

Thank you's go to the Knopf, Pantheon, and Vintage catalog for the DRC of Anne Tyler's new book "Three Days in June".

"Three Days in June" is a quick and delightful read. We are brought into Gail Baine's world, starting on a Friday in June, going on through the weekend.

Day one starts with Gail learning some uncomfortable and hard truths about herself. In the next breath Max, her ex husband, arrives on her doorstep, foster cat in hand, needing a place to stay as they head into their daughter's wedding weekend,

As the weekend progresses, the daughter tells her parents a surprise revelation about the groom-to-be. Gail struggles with the choices her daughter makes, her place in her daughter's life, feelings of insecurity with in-laws coming into her daughter's life. Meanwhile Max offers his grounding perspective on this new stage in their lives as parents. After he reminds Gail of their wedding day, she thinks about the early days of their relationship and what led to its demise.

The book had laugh out loud moments, head nodding in agreement "I get that" moments, I'm rooting for you, get out of your own way Gail moments

Anne Tyler is a wonderful wonderful writer, she makes life events so relatable. "Three Days in June" is sure to be another best seller!

Thanks to Netgalley for gifting an electronic copy of the book in exchange for review.

The book is typical Anne Tyler. A family story, told with bits of grief, happiness, trials and resolution. The book is about Gail, and three days of her life where she simultaneously gets fired, her daughter is getting married, and her ex husband shows up for an extended stay. While the book takes place over 3 days, much of Gail's life is told through memories and contemplation. As expected, the book moves gently, slowly (sometimes too slowly), and gives you multiple perspectives on life questions. An easy read. If you are an Anne Tyler fan, here's another for you, if you're not familiar with her work, this isn't a must read. But if looking for something easy and low key over the holidays or vacation, it's reliable entertainment.

This is my favorite Anne Tyler book in recent history. Gail is having a bad bad day. She loses her job, her ex shows up with his dog needing to stay with her the weekend of her daughter's marriage to someone who might be cheating on her.

What a perfect short novel! Anne Tyler has a way of writing about ordinary people in an extraordinary way. I loved this story about a divorced mother of the bride in the 3 days surrounding her daughter’s wedding. Highly recommend! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Anne Tyler is able to make the ordinary extraordinary. This happens again in Three Days in June, which focuses on three days in Gail Baines’ life.

Gail is told she lacks people skills and encouraged to move on from her job. What’s next for her?

Gail’s ex-husband, Max, has to stay at her house ahead of their daughter Debbie’s wedding. He comes with a cat. Will Gail keep it?

Debbie learns a secret about her fiancé and needs to make a tough decision. Does the wedding happen?

These are just a few of the plot points. Along the way, you begin to identify with the characters and their idiosyncrasies. Don’t miss Tyler’s latest, character-driven book. Many thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the eARC.

A Slow & Thoughtful Story
As soon as I started reading this book, I felt like I had reconnected with an old friend who I was comfortable with. In this case, Anne Tyler is the old friend. There's such a feeling in her books & it was very much here in Three Days In June. Each person in this short novel have their quirks, their history, their short comings. I felt that even though several of these people could be viewed as difficult or odd, there was no judgement & over the course of the story we find out more of their back stories. I loved that there seemed to be empathy, even though at times it was slow to show itself. This was a true Anne Tyler story & I thoroughly enjoyed it!

This was a very short book compared to others I've read in the genre. As such, I felt we lost some character depth and often had to take the narrator's word for things we would've learned more organically in a longer text.

That said, I thought this was a sweet story. It's billed as literary or women's fiction but has a little bit of a second-chance romance vibe to it. My favorite scenes were between the main character, Gail, and her ex-husband, Max. Max is kind of hapless, but ultimately a good guy with a big heart. I feel we get to know Gail through her interactions with and memories of Max more than anything. He also adds a thread of humor that buoys the whole story.

The wedding of Max and Gail's only child provides context for their reunion, such as it is. Max shows up on the doorstep (with a rescued cat!) and an exasperated Gail accommodates him to keep the peace on her daughter's wedding weekend.

I struggled with the wedding. Gail, mother of the bride, is almost completely uninvolved. There's no clear rift between mom and daughter, they just don't seem close. But even so, I found it weird Gail would seem so excluded. It's possible her daughter is just way to taken with her husband-to-be's family of snooty jerks. It happens. However, the wedding -- and the secrets and crises revealed in its leadup -- ended up feeling too much like a device to reveal things about Gail and serve her story. The wedding of one's only child feels a little heavy to be used this way. Weddings are so full of social norms and expectations, it was harder to take the author/narrator at her word than it would've been for another uniting event.

That said, I always appreciate an offbeat, socially awkward female main character, which Gail is. She so often just doesn't get it. In some ways Max is the more emotionally perceptive of the two of them. I related to her feelings of being an outsider even among her own family and not knowing quite how to show up the way she wants to. I just wanted to see more to back up the relationship we see between her and her daughter on the all-important wedding weekend. It's possible the shorter format wasn't the right fit for me as a reader. I like to get to know characters through their interactions, and being told the family dynamics around this wedding weekend left me wondering, "But why?" a touch too often. However, for someone who didn't want to get bogged down it all that, this story may be just the thing.

I received a free ARC ebook of <i>Three Days in June</i> from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Anne Tyler's novella concerns a 60ish female school administrator and the weekend of her only child's wedding. Gail has spent her life without much personal contemplation. Her marriage, her divorce, her professional life have all just happened. She views her life from a distance; her daughter's wedding and the loss of her job force some introspection.

It's tough for anyone to realize that their life has just kind of passed without much joy

What a delighful little novel. This was my first (I know, right???) by Tyler, so I can't compare to her others, but this was such a little gem of a book. Very character driven (and what characters they were!), moving, and extremely well written. Tyler has a new fan, and I've got a HUGE backlist to explore.