A single thread / Tracy Chevalier.
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
- ISBN: 0525558241
- Physical Description: 321 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Viking, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC CHEVALIER (Text) | 36015001600226 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | FIC CHEVALIER (Text) | 36015001650197 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC CHEVALIER (Text) | 36015001690193 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F CHEVALIER (Text) | 39493108430044 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F CHEVALIER (Text) | 30664100298402 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | F Che (Text) | 33632002681303 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC CHE (Text) | 31111003013800 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | F CHE (Text) | 39488200965269 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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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.
