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A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Spool of Blue Thread about?
"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family-their two daughters and two sons, their grandchildren, even their faithful old dog-is on the porch, listening contentedly as Abby tells the tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different too: Abby and Red are growing older, and decisions must be made about how best to look after them, and the fate of the house so lovingly built by Red's father. Brimming with the luminous insight, humor, and compassion that are Anne Tyler's hallmarks, this capacious novel takes us across three generations of the Whitshanks, their shared stories and long-held secrets, all the unguarded and richly lived moments that combine to define who and what they are as a family.
Who reads A Spool of Blue Thread?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Anne Tyler
- Publisher
- Bond Street Books
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.4 / 5 (316 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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