Three Days in June: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding.

“What a treat.” —Washington Post

“Simply exquisite.” —Liane Moriarty

“Nobody understands human nature better than Tyler. And nobody understands the complexities of love the way she does.” —Boston Globe

“Three Days in June is like reading a hug.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune


Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit.

But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.

Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.

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Published Feb 11, 2025

176 pages

Average rating: 6.27

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sjcb
May 30, 2025
7/10 stars
It’s a slow start but I did like it. I love the fact that the mother was finally honest with her daughter. Love the fact that the husband (ex) loved her (ex) wife unconditionally.
Anonymous
May 04, 2025
4/10 stars
This book was so boring. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen but it really never did.
STower
May 02, 2025
3/10 stars
Very, very disappointed. Anne is one of my favorite authors and when it was done - I couldn’t believe it. The shortest book ever lacking depth. I can’t believe Ann wrote this!
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Apr 30, 2025
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DearAuthor
Apr 17, 2025
8/10 stars
Anne Tyler is one of myfavorite authors. Her characters are so real that I feel if I went to Baltimore, I could find the street, the house, and the people she writes about. I never fail to relate to her characters.

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