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 LivelyFROM 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 LivelyViolet 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…‘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 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‘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‘It’s a chance encounter that sets Violet on an unexpectedly rewarding path in this pleasant, leisurely paced novel’ i Paper‘Absorbing, empathetic, poignant’ Daily MailDazzling new fiction from the globally bestselling author of Girl With A Pearl EarringTracy 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.Dazzling new fiction from the globally bestselling author of Girl With A Pearl Earring• The new historical novel from the five million-copy globally bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring• A Single Thread introduces us to Violet Speedwell, her most incredible character to date, a surplus woman who strikes out on her own• Set in stunning Winchester, A Single Thread is the story of a woman who defies the roles set out for her by society, and touches on issues such as gender equality and surplus women, in the wake of the First World War• This is Tracy’s first novel set in Britain since Remarkable Creatures• A Single Thread is a powerful novel about fighting for freedom in small ways, forging your own identity when society has forgotten you, and finding love in unexpected corners• Tracy Chevalier is a worldwide bestselling author whose previous novel Remarkable Creatures is being made into a feature filmCompetition: Little Stranger;The Forgotten Garden;Night Watch;Tidelands;Confession;Burning Chambers;Tidelands;The Guest List;The Dutch House;The Foundling;The Miniaturist;Wolf Hall. by;Kate Atkinson;Sarah Waters;Philippa Gregory;Morton;Rose Tremain;Jessie Burton;William Boyd;Philippa Gregory;Mosse;Ana Johns
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