A Spool of Blue Thread

Resumen del libro

'It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon...' This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red met that day in July 1959. The whole family on the porch, relaxed, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different.

Abby and Red are getting older, and decisions must be made about how best to look after them and their beloved family home. They've all come, even Denny, who can usually be relied on only to please himself. From that porch we spool back through three generations of the Whitshanks, witnessing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that have come to define who and what they are.

And while all families like to believe they are special, round that kitchen table over all those years we see played out the hopes and fears, the rivalries and tensions of families everywhere - the essential nature of family life.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Anne Tylerx{0026}lt;/B , nacida en Minneapolis en 1941, es autora de numerosas novelas, entre la que destacan x{0026}lt;I Buscando a Calebx{0026}lt;/I (1975), x{0026}lt;I El tránsito de Morganx{0026}lt;/I (1980), x{0026}lt;I Reunión en el restaurante Nostalgiax{0026}lt;/I (PEN/Faulkner Award 1983, publicada por Lumen en 2012), x{0026}lt;I Ejercicios respiratoriosx{0026}lt;/I (Premio Pulitzer 1989), x{0026}lt;I El turista accidental x{0026}lt;/I (National Book Critics Circle Award 1986, que fue llevada a la gran pantalla), x{0026}lt;I Cuando éramos mayores x{0026}lt;/I (2001), x{0026}lt;I El matrimonio amateurx{0026}lt;/I (elegida por x{0026}lt;I The New York Times x{0026}lt;/I como uno de los libros más destacados de 2004), x{0026}lt;I Propios y extrañosx{0026}lt;/I (2006), x{0026}lt;I La brújula de Noé x{0026}lt;/I (2007), x{0026}lt;I El hombre que dijo adiós x{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2013), x{0026}lt;I El hilo azulx{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2016, elegida como mejor novela del mes por Amazon), x{0026}lt;I Corazón de vinagrex{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2017), x{0026}lt;I El baile del reloj x{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2019), x{0026}lt;I Una sala llena de corazones rotos x{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2021), y x{0026}lt;I Historia de una trenza x{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2022) y x{0026}lt;I Tres días de junio x{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2025). Es miembro de la American Academy of Art and Letters. Actualmente vive con su familia en Baltimore, donde están ambientadas casi todas sus obras.x{0026}lt;/P