63 pages 2 hours read

Anne Tyler

French Braid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Further Reading & Resources

Further Reading: Literature

A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler, Knopf Doubleday, 2016

Like French Braid, Tyler focuses on a single family around one Baltimore home over four generations.

Selected Short Stories of John O’Hara, by John O’Hara, Modern Library, 2003

Like Tyler, O’Hara chronicles the lives of individuals in the northeastern corridor, tuning in on the social rules that guide their lives and following different generations of families; O’Hara’s keen ear for dialogue and unsparing honesty rivals Tyler’s.

Dorothy Parker's Complete Stories, Dorothy Parker, Penguin Classics, 2002

Like Tyler, Parker crossed literary genres, being known more as a poet and playwright than a fiction author; living a generation earlier than Tyler, Parker writes incisively and, humorously about the sort of characters one finds in Tyler’s books and stories.

Further Reading: Beyond Literature (Nonfiction)

No Family Is Perfect: A Guide to Embracing the Messy Reality, by Lucy Blake, Welbeck Publishing, 2022

A researcher, Blake provides an optimistic view of how to achieve realistic expectations of family members.

Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul, by Shaun McNiff, Shambhala, 2004

Not a how-to book about art but rather a therapist’s explanation of how art naturally unleashes the full spectrum of human potential.

Related Titles

By Anne Tyler

SuperSummary Logo
Plot Summary
Anne Tyler
Guide cover placeholder
SuperSummary Logo
Study Guide
Anne Tyler
Guide cover image
SuperSummary Logo
Plot Summary
Anne Tyler
Guide cover placeholder
SuperSummary Logo
Study Guide
Anne Tyler
Guide cover image
SuperSummary Logo
Plot Summary
Anne Tyler
Guide cover placeholder
SuperSummary Logo
Study Guide
Anne Tyler
Guide cover image
SuperSummary Logo
Plot Summary
Anne Tyler
Guide cover placeholder
SuperSummary Logo
Study Guide
Anne Tyler
Guide cover image
SuperSummary Logo
Study Guide
Anne Tyler
Guide cover image
SuperSummary Logo
Plot Summary
Anne Tyler
Guide cover placeholder