A Single Thread

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FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

Bittersweet dazzling Guardian

Deeply pleasurable the ending made me cry The Times

Told with a wealth of detail and narrative intensity Penelope Lively
Violet is 38.

The First World War took everything from her. Her brother, her fianc 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

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Bittersweet dazzling Guardian

Tracy Chevalier shows once again her ability to illuminate ordinary lives and to pay attention to those most often ignored movingly examines hidden depths beneath quiet exteriors Sunday Times

Writing with quiet but devastating empathy, Tracy Chevalier pinpoints Violets predicament as a single woman, her unexpected emotional crisis and her struggle to give her life depth and meaning. I loved it Daily Mail

A well-woven story of love Chevalier has such a sure eye for details, whether she is describing the loveliness of the cathedral or the dismal interior of a 1930s boarding house. Reading this is deeply pleasurable The Times

I enjoyed A Single Thread enormously. Tracy Chevalier wonderfully evokes the social climate of the nineteen thirties this is the intriguing story of a young woman facing the conventions and prejudices of the day, told with a wealth of detail and narrative intensity Penelope Lively

Tracy Chevaliers quietly moving story of a woman finding freedom in the 1930s is a gem Stylist

Evocative and beautifully written Sunday Express Magazine

I loved it. So compelling and warm and subtle, and very moving Bridget Collins, author of The Binding

Evocative, beautifully written Daily Mirror

Beautifully written utterly immersive Red

Atmospheric wonderful Good Housekeeping

I loved it! Enchanting and full of hope. Absolutely needed in this political climate Laura Purcell, author of The Silent Companions

A fierce and moving book about the great courage of a small life Sadie Jones

Its a chance encounter that sets Violet on an unexpectedly rewarding path in this pleasant, leisurely paced novel i Paper

Absorbing, empathetic, poignant Daily Mail

Author Bio

Tracy Chevalier is the author of ten novels, including At the Edge of the Orchard, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. Born in Washington DC, in 1984 she moved to London, where she lives with her husband and son.