Redhead by the Side of the Road

<p><b>*A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM* </b><br><br><b>A perfect love story for imperfect people.</b><br><br>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 apart. His carefully calibrated life is regular, steady, balanced.<br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br><b>**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020** </b><br><br><b>'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce<br><br>'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali </b><br><br><b>'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks</b><br><br><b>'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson</b></p> <p><b>**BOOK OF THE YEAR <i>Sunday Times</i>,<i> Daily Express</i>, <i>Times</i>, <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, <i>Good Housekeeping</i>, <i>Metro</i>, <i>Spectator</i>, <i>New Statesman**</i><br><br>A perfect love story for imperfect people.</b><br><br>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 apart. His carefully calibrated life is regular, steady, balanced.<br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br><b>**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020** </b><br><br><b>'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce<br><br>'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali </b><br><br><b>'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks</b><br><br><b>'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson</b></p>