- Booker Prize 2015 · Shortlist
A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler (born 1941)
English editions
Written in EnglishA Spool of Blue Thread
Vintage · United Kingdom · 9 March 2023 · Paperback · 480 pages
A Spool of Blue Thread
Alfred A. Knopf · United States · February 2015 · Hardcover · 368 pages
A Spool of Blue Thread
Vintage · United States · 26 April 2016 · Paperback · 368 pages
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The Whitshanks' Baltimore house, with its wide porch, was built by Red's father, Junior, for another family, and has drawn the family back for decades. Abby, who always tells of the summer afternoon in 1959 when she fell for Red, is having spells of forgetfulness, and Red is ageing too. Their youngest son, Stem, moves back in with his wife, Nora, to care for them, to the resentment of the eldest, Denny, who drifts in and out of the family's life and cannot commit to anything. The story then turns back to Junior and his wife, Linnie, newcomers to Baltimore in the 1920s, and to the jealousies, disappointments and guarded secrets beneath a family that seems so special.
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- Novel
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- Family (assigned by AI)
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- United States
- First published
- 2015
- Author's age
- 74 when first published
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9781101874271 (Alfred A. Knopf, United States)
9780553394399 (Vintage, United States)
9780099598480 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
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