- Published: 29 March 2022
- ISBN: 9781784744632
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $29.99
French Braid
The perfect gift for Mother's Day

















- Published: 29 March 2022
- ISBN: 9781784744632
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $29.99
She is and always will be my favourite author
LIANE MORIARTY
Anne Tyler really is the best . . . her sheer brilliance makes it all seem so effortless
GRAHAM NORTON
One of my favourite writers
ALI SMITH
A queen of American literature
i newspaper
Fans of Anne Tyler will be delighted by French Braid, a family saga that takes us from the 1950s to the present
Must-Read Books 2022, Daily Mail
The ever reliable and delightful Anne Tyler
The Year Ahead in Books, Scotsman
A new Anne Tyler novel is an island of certainty in a tumultuous world
Reasons To Be Cheerful in 2022, Daily Telegraph
Tyler's sentences are wholly hers, instantly recognisable and impossible to duplicate
HANYA YANIGIHARA
Such a perfect work of fiction, you want to turn it over like a tapestry to see how it is done; how Tyler can sew gentle humour into a truly heart-wrenching story, and twist all of life's hurts into a family saga that is ultimately life-affirming, and a brisk and thrilling read. We readers are so lucky a writer like Tyler exists
MEG MASON
Lushly imagined, psychologically intricate, virtually inhalable...Tyler balances gracefully between tenderness and piquant humor, her insights into human nature luminous
Booklist
[A] stunning novel
Sainsbury's Magazine
Thoroughly enjoyable...any Tyler book is a gift. Funny, poignant, generous, not shying away from death and disappointment but never doomy or overwrought
Anthony Cummins, Observer
A funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family's foibles... An uncannily insightful novel that illuminates the kindnesses and cruelties of our daily lives
Eastern Daily Press
An absorbing and perceptive family saga
Liz Earle Wellbeing Magazine
Any Tyler book is a gift. Funny, poignant, generous, not shying away from death and disappointment but never doomy or overwrought, it suggests there's always new light to be shed, whatever the situation, with just another turn of the prism
Anthony Cummins, Observer
This is Tyler at her most Tyler-ish . . . Critics who write her off as folksy might remember that folk tales, with their dark hearts, endure longer and cut deeper than more sophisticated forms. So will the work of this beloved teller of secret, ordinary truths
Melissa Katsoulis, The Times
In a short sentence of two, Tyler possesses the uncanny ability to home in on a particular detail, or a particular incident...and, through them, to reveal an entire world of thought and emotion... [a] beautiful novel of family life as it unfold over the years
Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
Clever and wise... French Braid is a family epic in miniature
Sameer Rahim, Daily Telegraph
Another masterclass by our greatest chronicler of family life . . . There are many authors today who try to emulate Anne Tyler's technique, but none of them comes close to the lightness of touch, the accuracy of her ear, or the profundity of her vision
Craig Brown, Mail