Vinegar Girl

A new Anne Tyler book is always a treat. The terrifically talented author is the latest to tackle Shakespeare…and our favourite so far.

Good Housekeeping

I loved Kate and Pyotr and the way they discover the oversized, tender, irreverent relationship that fits them... It is joyful

Rachel Joyce

It's knockabout comedy at its best, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny and, indeed, may be her funniest book to date

John Harding, Daily Mail

The worst wedding in history ... vintage Anne Tyler

Ann Treneman, The Times

It's every subtle shade of funny, heart-breaking and ultimately life-affirming

Grazia

Funny, thought-provoking, essential

The Sunday Telegraph (Stella)

Delightful, ingenious and convincing… Anyone who values good writing and the intelligent observation and depiction of how people feel, think and speak will enjoy it too

Allan Massie, Scotsman

There is much of Tyler's trademark wit and sharp observation here. She shifts effortlessly from humour to pathos and creates emotion without any hint of sentimentality ... Funny and poignant

Charlotte Heathcote, Sunday Express

Full of Tyler's signature virtues -- domestic details, familial conflict, emotional ambivalence, a sharp sense of place… Novels such as Anne Tyler’s, which are so precise and current, are like photographs or digital clock faces that tell us where we are and where we are coming from at the same time. Vinegar Girl is an earthy reflection of this fleeting moment, both lively and thoughtful

Jane Smiley, New York Times Book Review