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A Single Thread

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
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Publisher's Summary

From the globally best-selling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Violet is 38. The First World War took everything from her. Her brother, her fiancé – and her future. She is now considered a ‘surplus woman’. But Violet is also fiercely independent and determined. Escaping her suffocating mother, she moves to Winchester to start a new life –a change that will require courage, resilience and acts of quiet rebellion. And when whispers of another world war surface, she must live with a secret that could change everything....

©2019 Tracy Chevalier (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Bittersweet...dazzling." (Guardian)

"Deeply pleasurable...the ending made me cry." (The Times)

"Told with a wealth of detail and narrative intensity." (Penelope Lively)

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Thoroughly enjoyable

Well read. Pleasing to listen to. Tracey Chevalier is a good author. Her books are descriptive and a delight to follow.

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Wonderful!

I thoroughly enjoyed this. It was beautifully and emphatically written and the narrator - Fenella Woolgar - really bought the characters, particularly Violet, to life. A slow-paced, character driven novel, with themes of family, friendship, identity, place and a particular time in history, A Single Thread was well researched and beautifully woven together. This was my first book by Tracy Chevalier, but it will certainly not be my last.

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STIRING

Loved, loved loved it. I got absolutely caught up in the story. Found it refreshing.

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Loved It

A wonderful story, so utterly enjoyable. Couldn’t put it down! (Switch it off) narration was a joy to listen to.

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Beautifully peaceful

I would recommend this story to anyone looking for a very pleasant experience, beautifully read as well

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Unexpectedly UnPutDownable

When I started listening and realised that embroidery was central to the story I debated whether to continue. I had just completed “American Sniper” and felt that a lightweight inconsequential read might lift my mood.
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Thoughtful, beautifully written, and I was sorry that it finished.
Can’t wait to return to Winchester to see the kneelers. From Oz.

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Delightful

A joy to read - loved the history of Winchester Cathedral and the embroiderers! A visual read!

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Interesting and gripping

Unusual subject matter mixed with poignant social commentary
Fabulous narration, could listen all day, i did !!

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Chevalier Creates Depression Tale

Amazing tale of grief, loss; passion and deprivation in Depression England. Like Kate Atkinson, Chevalier reminds us of the cold and hunger of post-war Britain.

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The road to women’s independence

Well narrated and enjoyable read. Post World War 1 and the effects it had on women and diversity

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