A short and endearing story! It's packed full of the complexities of life, and for the most part I enjoyed it. I think I just struggled to fully connect to the story but that doesn't take away from the enjoyment entirely. I'd be interested to try some more of the authors books!

This is an absolutely lovely novel by Anne Tyler. It focuses on the 3 days around Gail's daughter, Debbie's wedding.

As usual with books by Anne Tyler all of the observations on life, character and love are achingly beautiful, even if, sometimes, the characters are not.

Gail has concerns about the wedding and has to reexplore her relationship with her ex-husband Max as well as her daughter. This leads to many of life's awkward moments, richly detailed with humour, getting deep into the essence of the matter.

This, for me, is one of those novels which feels so right and is effortless to read, enabling introspection as well as appreciating the story.

A beautifully told and crafted tale that will uplift any reader.

Anne Tyler does it again. Tender, generous, witty and insightful, the story covers just three days in a family’s life as they prepare for the daughter’s wedding. As ever Tyler captures the simple joys and sorrows of everyday life with her usual understated but oh so incisive style. Loved it.

This was a beautiful piece of writing which I finished in one afternoon. The story was quite simple, set in the three days around the main protaganist's daughters wedding but the quality of the writing really elevated the story and it has been one of my favourite books I've read so far this year. I will be recommending it to friends!

This was such an easy five star read! I don’t think my words could ever come close to much I loved Gail’s character.
I was hooked from the very first page, for being less than 200 pages this really hits hard.
I found Gail’s character really relatable & I think that’s why I loved her so much! I could have easily read another 500 pages!
This was my first Anne Tyler book & now I want to read every single one she’s written.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for this ARC. Anne Tyler has an incredible talent for writing about the most normal and mundane parts of the human experience and spinning them into tales that have the emotional heft of an epic. Three Days in June centres around Gail Baines as she prepares for her only child's wedding but things have not been going her way. She's lost her job, been shut out the of pre-wedding spa day and now her ex-husband is on her doorstep, with no suit and a strange cat, expecting to stay at her place. All of this seems to fade into the background however when her daughter finds out that her husband-to-be has been unfaithful. Unsure of how to respond to this revelation, worried for her daughter's future and also struggling to confront the old wounds from her marriage that this has uncovered, Gail is forced to think carefully about what it means to live well and start over. A stunningly gorgeous little gem of a book.

I have enjoyed many of Anne Tyler's books but I wouldn't say I'm a huge out-and-out fan. Some I like, some I don;t. Unfortunately this falls into the latter category.

The setting is the forthcoming wedding of Debbie, only daughter of divorcees Gail and Max, both of whom are to attend the wedding. The story starts off well enough, but quickly descends into so much unnecessary detail it becomes laborious to wade through it. I'm all for fleshing out the characters, but this time the writer has gone too far with stuff that doesn't matter, particularly as this is a novella so there isn't the time or space for it all.

The main characters, Max and Gail, are so irritating, she more than he, and Yes, flawed character often make a story interesting, but Gail in particular deserved a good slap. If there had only been some humour injected into them...but there wasn't any that I could fine.

Anyway, this just doesn't do it for me Ms Tyler, not this time.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)
Anne Tyler does what she does best—captures the quiet, beautiful mess of everyday life. Three Days in June is a moving, slow-burning portrait of family, memory, and the things left unsaid. With her signature tenderness and precision, Tyler once again proves she’s a master of emotional nuance.

I'm not sure how this is the first time I am ready Anne Tyler and I will definitely be back for more! This is a short story but well observed and manages to tell a meaningful story set over the course of, funnily enough, three days in June! If you haven't read Tyler yet and need a toe-dip, this one is perfect.

A good read following Gail as she prepares for her daughter’s wedding whilst losing her job and putting up,with the return of her ex husband! A lot for anyone to handle! The characters are well developed and life like. In terms of the development of relationships.

I loved this book, an easy read, straightforward story to follow. A genuine read. I’d definitely recommend this book and read any of her other books in the future.

Anne Tyler has a gift for turning the small, everyday moments of life into something quietly profound, and Three Days in June is no exception. The novel follows Gail as she navigates three unexpectedly eventful days - her daughter’s wedding, the return of her ex-husband, and the sudden loss of her job. It’s a book about communication, family, love, and guilt, all handled with Tyler’s signature warmth and sharp eye for human nature.

What I love about Tyler’s writing is how effortlessly she captures the way people misunderstand each other, talk past each other, or say one thing while meaning another. Gail’s story is filled with those small, aching moments of regret and realization, but also with humor and tenderness. There’s no high drama here - just the everyday chaos of life and the emotions that come with it.

Despite its quietness, Three Days in June is full of depth. It’s about the weight of the past, the way relationships shift over time, and the possibility of both reconciliation and self-acceptance. Tyler’s prose is, as always, understated but deeply perceptive, making even the smallest interactions feel significant. It’s exactly the kind of novel I hoped it would be - gentle and completely absorbing.

I personally feel like Anne Tyler can do no wrong in my eyes. I really enjoyed this love story that isn't a love story but is about love. It's a quick read but also one that makes you think about the concessions we make for the sake of being partnered

Thank you very much to Netgalley and the publisher for the digital proof. I am already an Anne Tyler fan, and this book doers not disappoint. Three Days in June is a very easy read. As usual Tyler creates great characters and observations and I really enjoyed it.

Anne Tyler is such a gem. This book, although on the surface seems to have a simple plot, is startling for the little details that elevate it far beyond that. Tyler's ability to look into the flaws and foibles of a cast of characters, but still return with love and grace, is a real treat, and this short novel contains so much wisdom.

I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in return for an honest review.
Typical Anne Tyler novel, very easy read. I finished it in an afternoon. Great characters and observations dealing with ordinary people and ordinary life and the not so ordinary things that happen

A gentle story of a divorced couple , neither in a subsequent relationship, meeting up for the wedding of their only daughter. Neither have changed very much over the years and the frustrations relevant to the relationship are still not far from the surface. However the distance of time and generosity of age has resulted in a gentle understanding of each others strengths and weaknesses. Common ground is the joint emotional depths both are currently experiencing at the enormous changes this marriage will mean for their relationship with their daughter and each other. Often humerous in both thoughts and actions of the two protagonists a delightful meandering over the day before, on and after the wedding that reopens numerous memories, damaging actions from the past, and hopefully repairing of hurt done to each other so many years ago. An easy read not withstanding the well written depths explored in the characters personalities and inability to ever discuss their feelings to and about each other. Many thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for this rewarding story of a mature couple manoeuvreing through the pitfalls of renewing a failed relationship.

Short, intense and entertaining. The story spans three days of Gail's life, she attends a wedding, deals with her ex, adopts a cat and debates leaving her job. It wasn't the easiest of books to get into but I did find it enjoyable.
3 stars.

Three Days in June
~Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler can really do no wrong in my eyes. She crafts a family novel with such detail that you can see them in your minds eye after a few pages. Her writing is deceptively simple but that’s the magic.

Three Days in June is set over a wedding weekend in Tyler’s Baltimore (where else). Gail, a slightly aloof assistant principal, her more soft ex husband Max and a stray cat deal with their daughter’s wedding and the various family fall outs, emotions and secrets this weekend brings.
A quiet, hopeful and perfectly crafted novella. (Just under 200 pages)
Thank you to @randomhouse and @netgalley for my copy.

A delightful little book that I loved more than I expected to, for several reasons: the effective use of a wedding weekend as a way of examining what goes wrong in marriages and what we choose to live with versus what we can't forgive; Gail's first-person narration, a rarity for Tyler* and a decision that adds depth to what might otherwise have been a two-dimensional depiction of a woman whose people skills leave something to be desired; and the unexpected presence of a cat who brings warmth and caprice back into her home. (I read this soon after losing my old cat, and it was comforting to be reminded that cats and their funny ways are the same the world over.)

From Tyler's oeuvre, this reminded me most of The Amateur Marriage and has a surprise Larry's Party-esque ending. The discussion of the outmoded practice of tapping one's watch is a neat tie-in to her recurring theme of the nature of time. And through the lunch out at a chic crab restaurant, she succeeds at making the Baltimore setting essential rather than incidental, more so than in much of her other work.

Gail is in the sandwich generation with a daughter just married and an old mother who's just about independent. I appreciated that she's 61 and contemplating retirement, but still feels as if she hasn't a clue: "What was I supposed to do with the rest of my life? I'm too young for this, I thought. Not too old, as you might expect, but too young, too inept, too uninformed. How come there weren't any grownups around? Why did everyone just assume I knew what I was doing?"

My only misgiving is that Tyler doesn't quite get it right about the younger generation: women who are in their early thirties in 2023 (so born about 1990) wouldn't be called Debbie and Bitsy. To some degree, Tyler's still stuck back in the 1970s, but her observations about married couples and family dynamics are as shrewd as ever. I can recommend this to readers wanting to try Tyler for the first time.

*I've noted it in Earthly Possessions. Anywhere else?