You could argue that Abby was the main character, but (spoiler alert) little of her back story is given compared to Red’s, and she dies before the end. It’s pretty clear that these three share main character status, rather than having a single protagonist. Late one July evening in 1994, Red and Abby Whitshank had a phone call from their son Denny. She introduces the main characters in the first sentence. CharactersĪnne Tyler is known for her character-driven fiction, and there’s plenty of evidence of her forte in this novel. It is literary fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. Summary: This novel follows the lives of a Baltimore couple, Red and Abby Whitshank, and their family. Today let’s take a look at A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler from a writer’s perspective (the discussion started here).
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