Her daughter, Debbie, is getting married in three days and Gail Baines has been fired (or did she quit?) from her job so she’s irritable. Not to mention the fact that she wasn’t even invited to Debbie’s bridal spa day. This is Gail’s life when Three Days in June by Anne Tyler opens. But that’s not enough on the bingo card of her life. When she finally makes it to her quiet ... Read More...
A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread is Anne Tyler’s newest novel. It is broken into four parts, three of which are about the present day lives of the Whitshanks and two are about previous generations. Initially, Tyler’s exploration is what we expect from a writer who has always been attuned to the rhythms of family life. There is Red and Abby, and their four children, Amanda, Jeannie, ... Read More...
