El Hilo Azul / A Spool of Blue Thread

from lauralkeet

I love a family saga, and Anne Tyler excels in this genre. The more dysfunctional the family the better. So I had high hopes for A Spool of Blue Thread, even more so because of the prize nominations it earned back in 2015. The book delivered in some ways, and fell short in others. The first half...

from WiserWisegirl

Anne Tyler is able to shine through as an excellent writer as she tells this comfortably slow paced story about nothing but a family, their house, their quirks, and their relatable navigations through life's relationship challenges. Makes you feel a little more normal yet a little more challenged...

from soraxtm

THe family depicted seemed authentic but then i haven't really been around any of the types of people depicted in the book

from coppers

The Whitshank's are a typical Anne Tyler family. They have their quirks, their individual charms, their often universal failings, their misunderstandings, their affection. They have their oft told family stories. And they have their secrets. Oh boy, do they have secrets. They live, of course, in ...

from N.W.Moors

A Spool of Blue Thread is a typical, wonderful Anne Tyler book. It revolves around the Whitshank house (don't call it the Brill house) and the family that lives there in Baltimore. The story weaves back and forth in time as the reader learns more and more about each character, primarily Junior, A...