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A Single Thread

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
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FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING 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 20th Century Fiction Historical Fiction World War I

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

Thoroughly enjoyable

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

Loved It

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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.

Wonderful!

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

STIRING

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

Beautifully peaceful

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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.
It did.
But cost me 2 nights sleep.
Thoughtful, beautifully written, and I was sorry that it finished.
Can’t wait to return to Winchester to see the kneelers. From Oz.

Unexpectedly UnPutDownable

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I absolutely love Tracy Chevalier, I love the simplicity of her stories, the depth of emotion, the centrality of women.

This is my first audio book of hers and I think it diminished the enjoyment somewhat - potentially the setting in pre WW2 in the UK and the toff English accent of the men which I found at times to be super grating on the ears.

Beautiful story teller

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The author (on the frontline of deaths) states that many deaths were put down as covid statistics...eg fatal car crashes etc.if corpses test positive for covid? oh it's a covid death! etc. Government fear mongering at its finest

COVID STATISTICS ARE A SCAM - Inflated

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

Delightful

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

Interesting and gripping

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