Vinegar Girl

Everyone from Margaret Atwood to Howard Jacobson is reimagining Shakespeare in fiction this year. Tyler’s take on The Taming of the Shrew looks to be the highlight

Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times

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

Rachel Joyce

The worst wedding in history ... vintage Anne Tyler

Ann Treneman, The Times

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

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

Excellent

Glamour

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

Funny, thought-provoking, essential

The Sunday Telegraph (Stella)

A joy to experience.

Elspeth Barker, Literary Review

An enjoyable read and it’s always a pleasure to read her writing.

Woman's Way

A sweet love story… The conversations are the best bits.

Claire Harman, Evening Standard

Tyler’s talents are lavish, and the novel has plenty of incidental pleasures.

James Walton, Daily Telegraph

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

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

Grazia

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

With her sharp eye for family dynamics and telling domestic detail, Pultizer winning Tyler is the perfect match for The Taming of the Shrew… With Tyler’s typical warmth and humour, and her knack for creating endearingly quirky characters, the result is believable, moving and entertaining.

Lady

A sprightly reprise of [The Taming of the Shrew].

Eithne Farry, Simple Things, Book of the Year

A sprightly reprise of [The Taming of the Shrew].

Eithne Farry, Simple Things, Book of the Year

Entertaining and Unpredictable.

Irish Mail on Sunday, Book of the Year

A sweetly rendered, thoroughly modern love story.

Guardian, Book of the Year

Acutely observed and warmly entertaining.

William Leith, Evening Standard

Warmly entertaining

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A bittersweet comedy with some stinging contemporary resonance… Acutely observed and quirkily humorous… light but intelligent.

Juanita Coulson, Lady

With Tyler’s typical warmth and humour, and her knack for creating endearingly quirky characters, the result is believable, moving and entertaining.

The Lady