Weaved into this is the story of their children and the unknown damages parents do to them while bringing them up. Anne Tyler explores the family history and discordant relationships in three generations of the family.Īs we get introduced to different members of the family, we meet Abby, the over sympathetic and patronizing mother who adores social work and even invites less fortunate people to family dinners much to the dismay of her children and the husband, Red, who seems to have more regard for his youngest son Stem than the others. The Whitshanks are a dysfunctional family like most ordinary families - chained in family bonds and sprinkled with disagreements. A Spool of Blue Thread has a very simple storyline the everyday joy and rifts that occur within the lives of an ordinary white, middle-class Baltimore family.
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