When the family displays her favorite, handmade ghost decorations at the end of the narrative, and when Denny wonders if a spool of blue thread that randomly falls into his hand after Abby’s death is her doing, Abby is shown to still be hovering over her family in her maternal role of protector.
Despite this, Abby’s presence doesn’t end when she dies. These ironies highlight the fact that people can’t control fate, which is a central theme in Abby’s narrative. She has been writing excellent fiction for half a century, and in 1988 received a well-deserved Pulitzer Prize for BREATHING LESSONS. Her absentmindedness later leads to her death when she steps into the street and is hit by a car. A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD is Anne Tyler's 20th book. A Spool of Blue Thread, Tylers 20th novel, wears its domesticity proudly on its sleeve (or make that jacket). Abby is afraid that her kids might think her preoccupied and scatterbrained, and much of the narrative highlights how her doting nature does in fact rub them the wrong way. Her role as overprotective mother to all her children stems from what she perceives as her failure in raising Denny correctly. Though the troublesome son, Denny, largely ignores his family, Abby admits that she still has a vital connection to him. Abby Whitshank is first introduced as a worrisome mother who blames her husband, Red, for their younger son’s withdrawn behavior. A Spool of Blue Thread is the twentieth novel from Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Anne Tyler, and has garnered spirited praise from readers and reviewers alike.
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