What ties families together – and pulls them apart
Tightly woven into Anne Tyler’s “French Braid” is the idea that families are much like the novel’s titular hairdo and the colorful braided rug on its cover. Like both, families are composed of plaited strands. But also like braids, families can unravel. And when they do, the individual strands often show the telltale crimping of their former weave.
Tyler’s 24th novel is the latest addition to the remarkable human comedy she has spun over the last half
