Loved, loved, loved this book set on the eve, the day of and the day after a wedding. Anne Tyler explores family relationships and friendships in the way that only she can. This is a must read and not only for Ann Tyler fans.

This is a book that is very much about what it means to be human and to be facing the day today trials that life can throw at us. We meet Gail when life as she knows it is about to change, highlighting all her insecurities and impacting on her relationships and interactions with those around her who are facing their own difficulties. For all her irascibility, you cannot help but relate to her, particularly since I share her both her profession and - nearly - her age. I also loved her ex and it gave us a little glimpse into times past, both good and bad.
This was an enjoyable read - it is not action packed-drama, more an exploration of a life lived and anticipated and that is pretty special!

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this before publication - felt privilaged and also my life is a bit topsy turvey and the protagonist - what else can go wrong - a lot.

Set over a weekend June - as the title suggests and relatively a short resd but wow this packed a punch. Gail has not got the promotion in school and she thought she would get so is now facing uncertinty as she has walked out of the school!, surprisingly there are parallels with me and age her daughter Debbies is getting married - we go on that journey - before during and after the wedding day. Then to cap it all Gails ex husband arrives with a cat
The mother of the bride has been left out of the plaaning of the wedding activities, she is coming to terms with her past and uncertain future but at the core she just wants her daughter to have the best day.

Recommended read I loved it.

I really enjoyed this book, more a novella than a novel. It was quite quirky, a character driven glimpse into family life. I liked spiky Gail and her relationship with her ex husband who get together again to attend their daughter's wedding. Funny and authentic, I would love to read more about this family.

Anne Tyler is one of my favourite authors. Her writing is subtle and understated, but she never fails to capture a mood, a setting, a character, and draw the reader into their world. Three Days in June does exactly what it says on the can - but so much more. The rather prickly Gail is at the centre of an unaccustomed whirlwind caused by difficulties at work and the impending wedding of her daughter, Debbie. The novel charts her navigation through the next three days, whilst drawing on past events as context. Her problems are compounded by the arrival of her ex-husband and a rescued cat, but they also focus her mind on the present and her future.
I loved this book. So much packed unobtrusively into a small package. Lovely!

A very interesting premise for the book. It covers exactly 3 days but what a lot has been packed into them. Okay, admittedly there were flashbacks and the future was covered but this worked. At first I felt frustrated with Gail for accepting her ex-husband back but of course everything wasn’t exactly as it seemed. Gail seemed to be so old fashioned I kept imagining her to be older than she was which is quite hard to shake off.

Gail is a deputy head teacher who is somewhat disillusioned with her career. Her daughter is getting married and so she has to put on a brave face, especially when her ex-husband Max turns up and needs to be accommodated. The reader learns of their past relationship and how it all went wrong. How will the wedding go and what does her future hold?

It is the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well for Gail Baines. First thing, she loses her job – or quits, depending who you ask. Then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door expecting to stay for the festivities.

A lot of reflection, laugh out loud & tears shed. A great read that has great likeable characters a book that you will want to read in one sitting.

As Gail Baines' only daughter gets married, she looks back on her own choices. Three Days in June starts with a bang with Gail walking out on her teaching job and her ex-husband turning up on her doorstep, complete with rescue cat. I did feel that the second half became more descriptive, without as much of the famed Tyler comic observation.

However, Gail's is an engaging voice and I identified with her bewilderment at social conventions (other people, by which I mostly mean women, just seem to know this stuff). Overall, it's a lovely bittersweet short novel.

On the eve of her daughter's wedding, 61-year-old Gail is 'let go' from her job and has two unexpected guests arrive at her home as she tries to prepare for the big day. She thinks about her past and the future and, as the title suggests, we continue into the day of the wedding and the day after, reassuringly learning that three days really can make a difference to your life (even in your 60s). A light-hearted book (with some sweet, more poignant, moments) that can be read in an afternoon.

I think this is the second Anne Tyler book I’ve read, and I enjoyed it as much as the first. She has a knack for turning quite dry suburban stories into character studies and I respect her immense powers of observation and characterisation.

This was the first book by Anne Tyler that I've read and it made me want to read more of her works. I really enjoyed the way the characters were written and the overall writing style. To me, their personalities and flaws felt very real which made it easy to immerse myself into the story. Due to its length it was perfect for a cozy afternoon read, would definitely recommend this one!

Describes about a period over three days, the day before, day of Gail's daughter, Debbie gets married and the day after which involves Gail being back in contact with her ex-husband Max. Who ends up staying at Gail's and brings a cat with him, which in the Gail keeps. The book gives a history of Gail's marriage to Max, raising their daughter Debbie and Gail's career in the school. It was an enjoyable short book to read.

A beautifully told, gentle examination of family dynamics over the three days of her daughter’s wedding. Gail faces many revelations about herself and her relationship with her ex-husband and daughter,
Everything I have come to expect from an Anne Tyler novel.

I

Good old fashioned romance. I kept laughing , crying and eventually felt so grateful that this book had fallen into my lap. I dreaded Gail and Max going their separate ways after Gail's wedding. In some way it is refreshing that questions about the future of the happy couple stirred up the past for Gail and got Max to showcase his warmth and humour. The younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth. What a delight that Three days in June is testimony to the possibilities of love and caring!

This was my first Anne Tyler book and I really enjoyed it. I would love to read more of her books. I found the story great and it was a quick read which left me wanting more. Easy to read and I finished it within a day when on my breaks in work.

I love short novels, and this is definitely short, and whilst I enjoyed the characterisation (Gail is an 'Olive Kitteridge' type character, I felt) I've wondered since finishing it whether the premise of the tale is more for a short story than a novel. The ending, to me, was hurried, and whilst it offered a surprise, it wasn't altogether satisfying. I wonder whether Tyler intends to make a series about this family because I think there's scope. I'd be keen to know what becomes of Gail, and how Debbie copes with married life to Kenneth - and where the heck the cat fits into all this. Maybe I sound a bit negative. I don't mean to, I liked the way that Tyler constructed Gail as the protagonist and there were some gems of lines describing her visit to the hair dresser. My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This was my first Anne Tyler book and I don't think it will be my last. Her world building is incredible and although most of the book is about immediate events over a 3 day period I felt I got to know all of the characters fully and they were fully alive to me, including their backstories - which weren't dwelt upon in depth.
For a short book this one punches well above its weight

Gail is a divorced woman in her sixties, living in Baltimore. Three Days in June recounts the events surrounding her daughter’s wedding. In doing so, the narrative also focuses on Gail’s own relationship with Max, her ex-husband, who turns up on Gail’s doorstep the day before the wedding, needing somewhere to stay and bringing with him a stray cat. It’s quintessential Anne Tyler – an utterly relaxed narrative, revealing the emotional narrative slowly and carefully, and allowing the characters to discover themselves. I could read this forever but, sadly, it’s quite short. Still, no one does American Domestic better than Anne Tyler. A real treat.

A short and sweet, intelligent, memorable "mundane" story that narrates the day before, the day itself, and the day after the marriage of the narrator's only daughter. Three days that you want to read in a go, so gripping I found the "nothingness". Gail Is 61, divorced and has just found out... but no spoilers and no need to know what or how it happens. We are in contemporary America, Baltimore to be precise, and we are privy to the lives of people who, like most of us, are not particularly impressive nor are they dealing with tremendous upheavals. Yet, the upheavals are there, the heart breaking is real, the ethical dilemmas never too far away... Anne Tyler is a supreme narrator, totally unpretentious yet profound. She always knows where to look at, what to put in the objective... I have enjoyed this shortish novel tremendously and recommend it heartily. Real life looked through art. Life enhancing. Thank you so much for allowing me to read an advance copy.