Book ~ "Three Days in June" (2025) Anne Tyler

From Goodreads ~ Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job - or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit. 

But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.

This story takes place over three days:

Day 1 - Gail is divorced, in her early 60s and assistant headmistress at a school. She discovers come fall she is jobless. Debbie, her daughter, is getting married tomorrow and is spending the day at a spa with everyone but Gail, who wasn't invited. Max, her ex-husband, arrives for the wedding but has nowhere to stay because he has brought along an elderly cat he is fostering (he was going to stay at Debbie's but Kenneth, her fiancé, is allergic to cats) so Gail lets him stay with her. She must put on a happy face at the rehearsal dinner.

Day 2 - Debbie is getting married today and they discover Max hasn't brought a suit so they take him shopping. The wedding and reception happen.

Day 3 - Debbie is now married and heading to Bermuda with Kenneth, Max is heading home and Gail is alone again.

Considering how long this author has been writing, surprisingly this is the first book I've read of hers. It was just okay. It's written in first person perspective in Gail's voice. Not a lot happens ... mostly Gail reflecting on her life but not doing much to change it.