Annie Tyler: Palmikko (French Braid 2022)
Ljudbok (BookBeat, 8 h 29 min)
Aet, as usual, in Baltimore (between 1959 and 2020), it’s the story of the Garretts: husband and wife Robin and Mercy, children Alice, Lily and David. We meet them on a rare holiday to a Maryland lake, with the girls in their teens and their younger brother a curious seven-year-old happiest playing make-believe with his toys. But Robin, a plumber turned shopkeeper, has other ideas, and his heavy-handed attempt to break David’s reluctance to swim will set family tensions simmering down the decades.