The Whitshanks have always surprised us with their cohesion and subtle specialness. It was a family that everyone envied in a good way. But, like every family, they also had a secret, hidden reality, which they themselves were not really aware of. Abby, Red and four grown children have in their luggage not only wonderful memories of joy, laughter, and family holidays, but also disappointments, jealousy, and carefully guarded secrets. In the novel by Anne Tyler, one of the best modern writers, the story of three generations of one family unfolds - touching, but not at all sentimental, dramatic, but ironic, very deep, but simple. Anne Tyler is sometimes called the Northern Fanny Flagg, but her stories are much closer to short stories A.P. Chekhov - subtle, sad, funny and incredibly deep. She tells them in a quiet, slightly mocking voice, and they resonate in your soul for a long time, you think about them, and your own life appears in a new light - much more filled with meaning. Some books flash with dazzling fireworks, but quickly go out, leaving behind a black sky in which rare but real stars shine - among which are the novels of Anne Tyler. Anne Tyler is a Pulitzer Prize winner, “A Spool of Blue Thread” was nominated for the award in 2015 "Booker".