6/8/2023 0 Comments Book a spool of blue thread![]() ![]() Now it has “ the comfortably shabby air of a place whose inhabitants had long stopped seeing it.” The Whitshaw family home was one he built for a client with meticulous attention to detail, right down to the pantry shelves and cabinet knobs. He’s a builder, a carpenter much lauded in Baltimore for his craftsmanship. But it didn’t have that uniqueness and originality of style or perspective that I expect in a Booker contender.Ī Spool of Blue Thread features the elder Whitshank generation “Junior” and his wife Linnae, about whom little is known, even by their children. It’s a very finely observed study of characters and the intricacies of familial relationships that held my attention over 400 pages. I don’t mean to sound disparaging about Tyler’s novel. ![]() Which makes the inclusion of A Spool of Blue Thread in multiple award lists rather a surprise, particularly when one of those prizes was the 2015 Booker shortlist. Anne Tyler’s novel about four families of the Whitshank family falls into the category of books I consider “enjoyable but not remarkable”. ![]()
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