"At the start of Three Days in June, Gail Baines, a 61-year-old teacher, has a meeting with her school head, who informs her she is about to retire. Gail assumes she is next in line for the job, but the head tells her she doesn't have the people skills and asks if she has considered retirement herself. Affronted, she walks out of the school and from her job without collecting the photo on her desk of her daughter, Debbie, who is about to get married."
"Told through Gail's eyes, the plot is deliberately slim as it explores subtle family dynamics and the mundanity of everyday life. Thus, we accompany Gail as she collects her outfit from the dry cleaners and visits a hair stylist with whom she declines to make small talk. J Smith Cameron, best known for her role as Gerri in Succession, is the narrator, and adeptly captures Gail's social awkwardness that, unbeknown to her, can come over as chilly and detached."
Gail Baines, a 61-year-old teacher in Baltimore, is told by her school head that she is expected to retire because she lacks people skills. Affronted, she leaves school without her daughter's photograph and returns home as her ex-husband Max arrives for Debbie's wedding weekend, forgetting a suit but bringing a cat. The novella follows the before, during and after of Debbie's wedding through Gail's perspective, emphasizing subtle family dynamics and everyday mundanity. Gail's social awkwardness and reluctance to engage in small talk surface during routine errands and a salon visit. The narrative reveals strains from her dissolved marriage and suggests Gail needs to improve interpersonal skills.
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