(Borrowed from NYPL at 50th St. and 10th Ave.) Anne Tyler's latest is a novella-length charmer on marriage, mothers and daughters, and second chances. Gail Baines is on the verge of falling apart. She's in danger of losing her long-time job at a private girls' school, her only daughter's impending wedding could get called off and her ex-husband shows up with a shelter cat! With only 160 pages, Tyler gives us Gail's whole lifetime. The author captures the nuances of Gail's marriage to Max and her relationship to her daughter Debbie whose pre-wedding crisis dredges up Gail's past with Max. This book reads fast, but it doesn't feel shallow. There are many acute observations on marriage and parenting.
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