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A single thread / Tracy Chevalier.

Chevalier, Tracy, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525558248 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0525558241 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 321 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, [2019]
Subject: Female friendship > Fiction.
Needleworkers > Fiction.
Women > England > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 5 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library CHEVALIER, TRACY (Text) 34455006606368 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Coolidge Branch f (Text) 33062009220253 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009218968 Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library CHEVALIER (Text) 31901004366284 Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/27/2024
Easton Palmer Branch CHEVALIER (Text) 31901004366342 Adult Fiction Available -

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