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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?

Anne Tyler’s narrative spools back through three generations of Whitshanks, revealing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that shape a family."It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is how Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family are on the porch, relaxed, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different. Abby and Red are getting older, and decisions must be made about how best to look after them and their beloved family home. They’ve all come, even Denny, who can usually be relied on only to please himself."Tyler’s characterisation and her attention to descriptive detail are perfect: from the very opening of the novel we’re transported into the time and place of the story...This is a novel that entices tears of laughter and of sorrow from its readers. It is immensely engrossing; to read it is to sit on the house porch swing in Baltimore and absorb the story unfolding around you." - Julie Scanlon, The ConversationAnne Tyler graduated at nineteen from Duke University and went on to do graduate work in Russia

Who reads A Spool of Blue Thread?

Author

Anne Tyler

Publisher

Random House; Vintage Digital

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780701189525

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family Sagas

Rating

3.4 / 5 (316 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13