A Spool of Blue Thread
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clock Dance comes the story of four generations unfolding in and around the lovingly worn house that has always been the Whitshank family's anchor. - MAN BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE "Absorbing and deeply satisfying." --Entertainment Weekly
"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon ..." This is how Abby Whitshank always describes the day she fell in love with Red in July 1959. From Red's parents, newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s, to the grandchildren carrying the Whitshank legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century, the Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate an indefinable kind of specialness, but like all families, their stories reveal only part of the picture: Abby and Red and their four grown children have accumulated not only tender moments, laughter, and celebrations, but also jealousies, disappointments, and carefully guarded secrets.
"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon ..." This is how Abby Whitshank always describes the day she fell in love with Red in July 1959. From Red's parents, newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s, to the grandchildren carrying the Whitshank legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century, the Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate an indefinable kind of specialness, but like all families, their stories reveal only part of the picture: Abby and Red and their four grown children have accumulated not only tender moments, laughter, and celebrations, but also jealousies, disappointments, and carefully guarded secrets.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0553394398
ISBN13:9780553394399
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Vintage
Length:368 Pages
Weight:0.67 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent Read...
Published by Spicyjane51 , 3 years ago
I love Ann Tyler, and this is absolutely one of my favorite books. She takes the time to develop each character with such depth and detail that you expect to find the Whitshanks living next door in your own neighborhood. The story starts in the present and somehow seamlessly works backwards to expand into the roots of the family tree. I pick up this book each time I'm about to take a long flight and it keeps me engaged each and every time! I definitely recommend this one! Although the ending could have been better, I still give it an excellent rating.
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