02399cam a2200349 4500 759519250 TxAuBib 20191009120000.0 191007s2019||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2019947407 9781432870317 lg. print : alk. paper 1432870319 lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Chevalier, Tracy. A single thread [Large Type Book] / Tracy Chevalier. Large print ed. Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2019. 473 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print basic. "A novel"--Cover. "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. Told in Chevalier's glorious prose, A Single Thread is a timeless story of friendship, love, and a woman crafting her own life"--Provided by the publisher. 20191009. Single women England Fiction. Grief Fiction. Needleworkers England Fiction. Self-realization in women Fiction. Great Britain History 20th century Fiction. Winchester (England) Social life and customs 20th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Thorndike Press large print basic. RV8