A Spool of Blue Thread

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Spool of Blue Thread is Anne Tyler’s twentieth book she has written over her fifty years of writing. Some of her work has earned Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award and many have been New York Best Sellers.
The house on Bouton Road has housed two generations of Whitshank’s. It has now come down to Abby and Red Whitshank’s two daughters and two sons to figure out the best course of action for the future of the house and the best arrangement for their parents who are not getting any younger. Three generations of Whitshank family stories are shared, secrets revealed and magic of these stories are felt and forgiveness rendered.
The author uses the advantage of setting “A Spool of Blue Thread” in Baltimore, Maine which is where she lives, to make the platform for the story realistic. It’s off of this setting that she introduces the reader to the multitude and complex characters of this story. There isn’t a character or relationship in this story that the reader will not be able to relate to or be reminded of someone in their own family.
This is my first Anne Tyler book I have read. I enjoyed seeing the characters develop and how the title of the book played into the story. I look back on the cover of the book now and I get a different feel and sense to the book.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes family stories or stories that are based more on the characters then the plot.
I received this book for this review from Edelweiss. All opinions are my own.


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