Book review: Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

By Philippa Tracy

Gail Baines is the narrator in Anne Tyler’s latest novel Three Days in June . She is 61 and an assistant head teacher at a private girls’ school in Baltimore. It opens with the Head telling Gail, unexpectedly, that she is about to retire and is clearly hoping Gail will do the same. The Head seems to think that Gail has a noticeable lack of people skills.