INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE “Tyler's novels are always worth scooping up—but especially this gently amusing soother, right now.” —NPR From the beloved Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever. An intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who finds those around him just out of reach, and a funny, joyful, deeply compassionate story about seeing the world through new eyes, Redhead by the Side of the Road is a triumph, filled with Anne Tyler's signature wit and gimlet-eyed observation.
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"Redhead by the Side of the Road warrants popping open the champagne…Who else can make words sparkle with humor and tenderness in quite this way?…Hilarious and poignant.”
— Boston Globe
“Heartwarming and very funny—one of Tyler’s best yet.”
— People“Characteristically tender…Suffused with feeling and very moving.”
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Anne Tyler is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels. Her eleventh novel, Breathing Lessons, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. Her novel A Spool of Blue Thread was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. The Accidental Tourist was the basis for a major motion picture. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Emily Rankin is an audio narrator and winner of two AudioFile Earphones Awards.