#1657: Anne Tyler’s “Redhead By The Side Of The Road” | The Book Show

April 21, 2020 00:29:55
#1657: Anne Tyler’s “Redhead By The Side Of The Road”  | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1657: Anne Tyler’s “Redhead By The Side Of The Road” | The Book Show

Apr 21 2020 | 00:29:55

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Show Notes

Anne Tyler is one of America’s very best living novelists and one of the worlds most loved. Her new novel “Redhead by the Side of the Road,” focuses on routine-obsessed Micah Mortimer, whose life is about to be thrown out of whack. The book touches on misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of […]

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