Review: A Spool of Blue Thread
Gaby Meares
A perfect book to listen to - I found myself immersed in the lives of the Whitshank family, through several generations. Like most families, ’they imagined they were special’. Tyler has an eye for the minutiae of family life and relationships: the good and the bad. All the shades of grey are revealed; everyone’s foibles. But Tyler does it all with such a gentle touch, and always with such honesty.
Who can’t relate to Abby bemoaning that ’the trouble with dying … is that you don’t get to see how everything turns out. You won’t know the ending.’ And her daughter’s reply, ‘But mum, there is no ending.’ To which Abby replies, ‘Well, I know that.’ And then the unspoken kicker: ‘In theory.’ Thank you Anne Tyler!
When I reached the end of the book, I felt I was leaving close friends.