A Single Thread

Chevalier, Tracy

ISBN 10: 0525558241 / ISBN 13: 9780525558248

Published by Viking, New York, NY, 2019

About this Item

Not quite as crisp as New; has been read. Tiny bit of shelf wear at bottom of spine and red ink dot on bottom page edge, but otherwise a nice, clean, square copy. Unblemished dust jacket in new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 002336

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Single Thread
• Publisher: Viking, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525558241
• ISBN 13: 9780525558248
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Fiction
  • Historical Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

"A buoyant tale about the path to acceptance and joy--beginning, like all journeys, with one brave step."--People

"The best-selling novelist has done a masterful job of depicting the circumstances of a generation of women we seldom think about: the mothers, sisters, wives and fiances of men lost in World War I, whose job it was to remember those lost but not forgotten."--Associated Press

A BEST BOOK OF 2019 with The New York Public Library | USA TODAY | Real Simple | Good Housekeeping | Chicago Sun Time | TIME | PopSugar | The New York Post | Parade

1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become a "surplus woman," one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood after the war killed so many young men. Yet Violet cannot reconcile herself to a life spent caring for her grieving, embittered mother. After countless meals of boiled eggs and dry toast, she saves enough to move out of her mother's place and into the town of Winchester, home to one of England's grandest cathedrals. There, Violet is drawn into a society of broderers--women who embroider kneelers for the Cathedral, carrying on a centuries-long tradition of bringing comfort to worshippers.

Violet finds support and community in the group, fulfillment in the work they create, and even a growing friendship with the vivacious Gilda. But when forces threaten her new independence and another war appears on the horizon, Violet must fight to put down roots in a place where women aren't expected to grow. Told in Chevalier's glorious prose, A Single Thread is a timeless story of friendship, love, and a woman crafting her own life.

About the Author

Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of nine previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into forty-three languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in London with her husband and son.