![]() ![]() Everyone wonders why-even the reader-until it is finally sketched with a few revealing strokes. Living in the Philadelphia suburbs, which are not all that far from Baltimore, he makes the miles seem farther. She delineates their love and the distance caused by pain in a book that, despite its pervasive cheer, asks why people gently abandon each other.Įspecially well-depicted in French Braid is the Garretts’ puzzlement over a brother’s total removal of himself from the family. In her latest work, the Baltimore-based author follows the Garretts, a family also based in Baltimore, over three generations-deftly documenting the separating family and the role loneliness plays. It becomes an excuse for children to see little of parents and siblings less of one another. People leave home and move around the country. In modern, hyper-mobile America, this separation happens a lot. Such intricacies form the warp and weft of Anne Tyler’s new novel, French Braid, released on March 22. But the person who drifts away knows why, even if they never explain it. On the surface the cause may be unclear, leaving people to wonder why a sibling never calls. Sometimes it’s geography, sometimes it’s more complicated: aging, death, trauma, or hidden dislike. Please reload the page and try again.įamilies drift apart for lots of reasons. ![]() ![]() Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. ![]()
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