*A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM*

A perfect love story for imperfect people.

Micah Mortimer measures out his days running errands for work, maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning). He is in a long-term relationship with his woman friend Cassia, but they live apartHis carefully calibrated life is regular, steady, balanced.

But then the order of things starts to tilt. Cassia is threatened with eviction, and when a teenager shows up at Micah''s door claiming to be his son, he is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle.

Can Micah, a man to whom those around him always seem just out of reach, find a way back to his perfectly imperfect love story?

**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020**

''Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing'' Rachel Joyce

''She knows all the secrets of the human heart'' Monica Ali

''A masterly author'' Sebastian Faulks

''I love Anne TylerI''ve read every single book she''s written'' Jacqueline Wilson



Format Häftad Omfång 192 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Vintage Publishing Utgivningsdatum 2021-04-01 ISBN 9781529112450