A Single Thread

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…

About the Author

Tracy Chevalier is the author of 11 novels, including A Single Thread, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera. Born in Washington DC, she moved to the United Kingdom in 1986. She and her husband divide their time between London and Dorset.

Reviews

"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 Violet’s 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 Chevalier’s quietly moving story of a woman finding freedom in the 1930s is a gem" —Stylist

Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.08 x 19.61 cm