- Published: 14 March 2023
- ISBN: 9781529115475
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $22.99
French Braid
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Redhead by the Side of the Road
- Published: 14 March 2023
- ISBN: 9781529115475
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $22.99
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
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
Clever and wise... French Braid is a family epic in miniature
Sameer Rahim, Daily Telegraph
A tender, humorous dissection of life
i
A typically perceptive portrait of a family from the 50s to the modern day - the ties that bind and pull apart. A tender, humorous dissection of life
i news
An author beloved by the most highbrow of critics, but who also produces stories that millions want to read
Waitrose magazine
I've been Anne Tyler-ed. After finishing French Braid, the 24th novel from the formidable American novelist, I was going about my life thinking nothing particularly radical had happened to me. And then I thought about it, and I thought about it some more, and I realised - boom - she really is a master
Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard
Anne Tyler's genius lies in her ability to make the lives of this unremarkable family as enthralling as those of the most heroic soldiers or diabolical serial killers... This is a novel to add to the list of her greatest triumphs
Jake Kerridge, Daily Express
Anne Tyler is the world's best living novelist... in French Braid Tyler demonstrates once again why she is so beloved... What she offers is...a glimpse into the very workings of the human heart
Cressida Connolly, Catholic Herald
[A] wonderful novel
Sarah Hayes, Tablet
Tyler's books are full of subtleties, tender compassion and humanity, and French Braid is no exception
UK Press Syndication
[Tyler's] style is striking... few are better at covering the passage of time, and hinting at the shifting cultural climate in a single sentence
Rosemary Goring, Herald
Deft and graceful, French Braid is utterly convincing. Fifty-eight years since she published her first novel, Tyler continues to capture life's joys, contradictions and ordinary heartbreaks with humour and precision
Sarah Collins, Prospect
Tyler pulls off the rare feat of presenting her characters both as they see themselves and as others see them
Scotsman, *Summer Reads of 2022*
A warm-hearted exploration of the foibles and dynamics of family life
The Times, *Summer Reads of 2022*
read her for the eccentric characters, the pitch-perfect dialogue, the humour and the tiny ordinary moments so exquisitely described they bring tears to your eyes
Liane Moriarty, Irish Daily Mail
A warm-hearted exploration of the foibles and dynamics of family life
The Times, *Books of the Year*
Tyler is a superb observer of family life... Heartbreak is deftly layered over a vibrant portrayal of the city, its codes and nuances
Lady, *Books of the Year*
Anne Tyler is a wonderful storyteller and French Braid is another classic... Funny but hearthbreaking, too. I loved every single page
Good Housekeeping, *Books of the Year*
Anne Tyler's genius lies in her ability to make this unremarkable family so enthralling
Sunday Express
Tyler is a genius at telling big stories with small details and this is an engrossing, fascinating family portrait
UK Press Syndication
Gentle and comforting, but with a hidden core of desperate, cloying sadness, and is vintage Tyler
Sunday Times, *Summer Reads of 2023*
An astute, well-observed and compulsively readable saga
Daily Mirror
I adore her [Tyler] books. She’s written 24 novels and I’ve read every single one. She’s 81 and yet French Braid, her latest, is one of her very best
Jacqueline Wilson, Sunday Times