The tale follows the lives of the Whitshanks parents Red and Abby are approaching an age at which their grown-up children – Denny, Stem, Jeanie and Amanda – are considering the best way to look after them. Thus I was only to happy to discover that A Spool of Blue Thread – Tyler’s 20th novel – was first long, and then shortlisted for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Suffice to say I was soon able to see why it had generated such wide praise. Anne Tyler’s novel, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant was nominated a number of times and so, rather intrigued, I bought it. I first read Anne Tyler last year the Baileys Womens’ Prize for Fiction ran an online campaign called #ThisBook in which we asked our followers to nominate the book, written by a woman, which had had the biggest impact on their life.
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