A Single Thread

by Tracy Chevalier

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525558241
• ISBN13: 9780525558248
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

could have been better

I've read most of Tracy's work and enjoy her writing style, but this was not my favorite. While I enjoyed learning about cathedrals, bell ringing, and broderers, I did not really like any of the characters or their relationships.

An empathic and charming story about small town post war women who embroider kneeling cushions for a

This story made me want to visit cathedrals and look at kneeling cushion designs. How scary to lose a husband or fiancé or brother in war and have to financially survive alone, let alone live with the moral judgements of single women in the 1930s in small town England.

A very different reading experience from Girl with a Pearl Earring.

I felt the story and writing was disjointed and the character development didn’t come to life. I couldn’t believe it was the same author.