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Tyler, Anne,

Redhead by the side of the road / Anne Tyler. - First edition. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. - 177 pages ; 25 cm

"From the beloved and best-selling 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"--

ISBN: 9780525658412 0525658416

LCCN: 2019026099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Baltimore (Md.)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction

LC Class. No.: PS3570.Y45 / R43 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54