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title: "A Spool of Blue Thread: A Novel"
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# A Spool of Blue Thread: A Novel

**Brand:** anne tyler
**Price:** 2665 som
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- **What is this?** A Spool of Blue Thread: A Novel by anne tyler
- **How much does it cost?** 2665 som with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Dysfunctional Famiies and Jealousies
  

*by K***I on Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2018*

I found it a bit confusing at first, and there was a lot of shifting around in time periods and character studies.  Although I did like the character development and back stories.  The thing I liked least was the ending.  I felt it just got chopped off, like there was no real future.  With a story like this, I would want some hope for the characters, and it seemed like the author just got lazy and just put everybody back into the situations they started out in at the beginning of the book.  Denny left and went back to his life away from his family, and they all just went their separate ways.  It was kind of depressing.  I'd hoped that somehow the blue thread would be like the "tie that binds", but it was just a separate afterthought.

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    A Recognized Master Of Character Development
  

*by S***D on Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017*

The Whitshank family is a typical Baltimore family, one of blue-collar workers whose hard work has brought them success.  Red is the head of his own construction firm while Abby was a social worker.  Their four children are grown now and Abby and Red are slowing down as they age into their sixties.  Although the children are grown, that doesn't mean there are no more sibling issues.  There are resentments about who is doing more, which child was loved most, and who will help with their parents as everyone realizes that the couple may not be able to live alone much longer.The novel veers back and forth in time over the family's ages.  We get the backstory of Red's parents and how they overcame a scandal and the Depression to come to Baltimore from the hill country to carve out a living.  We learn how Abby and Red fell in love.  We learn that even with decades of marriage, there are still secrets in the family that threaten its stability as they are revealed.  We also learn about the fourth generation of Whitshanks who are Red and Abby's grandchildren.Anne Tyler is a recognized master at character development.  Almost all of her books are set in Baltimore and most unravel the complexities of family life and the relationships that both sustain and threaten us.  We see how families react to various events, how they are formed and what pressures can split them apart.  A Spool Of Blue Thread was a Man Booker nominee as well as an Orange Prize nominee.  This book is recommended for readers of literary fiction and those interested in families and their relationships.

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    Why?
  

*by R***G on Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2018*

I have real Anne Tyler before and have really enjoyed reading her books. I was excited to read this one as well. My main question throughout the book way, "Why?" Why did she add this add some question? Why did she jump to that subject? Why did she leave me hanging on this topic? Is she going to give closure to any of the multiple story lines she has started? In the end I was left asking, "Why did I waste my time?" Very disappointed in this one.

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