Gail is organized, public speaker, says wrong things at girls school. She drives a corona and gets fired on her daughter’s wedding rehearsal night. Gail is 61. She is not invited to her
daughter’s Spa & Massage for a Day of Beauty with the wedding party. At the same time, Max her co-parent of Darlene, ends up staying with Gail for the weekend of the wedding. Max is a school teacher for at-risk teenagers on the Eastern shore. He lives in a one-room apartment above a garage. While visiting Gail, he brings a cat. There is plenty of activity to keep the story moving with the wedding and all. Gail also tells us why her marriage broke up and the details of her co-parent and her living together for the weekend.
Anne Tayler is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published 25 novels. She was born October 25, 1941 in Minnesota. Three of her books were entered for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and she was a finalist. She has entered other contests and won awards in other contests for her fiction.
This was a quick read and a story that was short and moved with plot. I liked the story very much. I rate it with a 4 out of a scale from one to five.
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