Book
A single thread
(based on Goodreads ratings)Published [2019] by Viking, New York
ISBN 9780525558248
Bib Id 2284321
Edition First edition.
Description 321 pages ; cm
More Details
Leader
02634cam a22004458i 4500
LCCN
2019-007094
ISBN
9780525558248 (hardcover) $27.00
0525558241
9780525558262 (paperback) $17.00
Call #
FIC Chevalier
Title
A single thread
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
[2019] by Viking, New York :
Description
321 pages ; cm
Summary
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.
Subject
Genre/Form
Historical fiction
FORMATS
SERIES
TAGS
Also available as
Tags
Availability
header | Locations | header | header |
---|