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A Spool of Blue Thread

Anne Tyler

Finish date: February 26, 2015

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Why we're reading this: Written in 2015. Another lovely, quietly quirky book by Anne Tyler.
[close] Written in 2015. Another lovely, quietly quirky book by Anne Tyler.

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Apr 17, 2015 Carly Thompson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, 2015

After being disappointed by the most recent Anne Tyler novel that I read (Noah's Compass) this is a return to form. Her themes are much the same - family life in Baltimore - and the characters (a slightly flighty wife, the grounded mildly grouchy husband) repeat. This is a warm novel about connection. I didn't find it amazing but for readers who want a mildly optimistic novel about family without profanity, sex or violence, this is an excellent choice.

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Dec 29, 2016 Alison rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, dcpl_elibrary

It was fun picturing the different places in Baltimore that came up in this book, which focuses on three generations of one family. The story was interesting, though it's a novel in which the focus is more in characters than plot. Overall I enjoyed this quite a bit. ...more

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