Redhead by the Side of the Road: A novel
<b>LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE •</b> <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER </b>• <b>From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a sparkling novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection.<br /></b><br />Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. <br /><br />But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever. <br /><br />An intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who finds those around him just out of reach, and a funny, joyful, deeply compassionate story about seeing the world through new eyes, <i>Redhead by the Side of the Road</i> is a triumph, filled with Anne Tyler's signature wit and gimlet-eyed observation.