I asked each member what they thought of the book. Roe said she liked it to the half way point then what happened -- she throws in Red's parents Junior & Linnie Mae's history and kills off Abby the main character. What the heck? Sharon liked Anne Tayler's other books and didn't think this was her best. As a matter of fact we read her "The Amateur Marriage" which was better. Louisa was upset that she not only killed off Abby but her dog too!. If only he had one of those stretchy leaches and could have gotten out of the way. Edna and Alice pretty much said the same, it was an OK book about a family and that pretty much summed up the book "Spool of Blue Thread" by Anne Tyler. Sharon asked what was the significance of the title "A Spool of Blue Thread"? We surmised it was the blue spool miraculously dropping into Denny's hand when he was going to mend his father's dashiki for Abbey's funeral. We did get into discussion about family and how they are not perfect, how interesting family vacation can be and the problems that come with growing old ie hard of hearing and forgetfulness. WHAT! HUH? I was pretty upset when Linnie Mae painted the swing blue after Junior took all that time to finished it and then to throw blue paint on the walkway after he had stripped it once again as punishment. He should had killed her, just saying. But then that was kind of a side story.
Next month Edna will host the meeting on the 4th Thursday - August 27 and we will read "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand. I have the ebook and will send the link so you can download it. If you have trouble with the download please give me a call and I will help you.
Good times as always. Enjoy your summer,
KAthy G
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