This month we will be reading A Single Thr ead by Tracy Chevalier. \; Our meeting will take place at The Southern Vault located at 104 East Main Street\, Pickens\, SC\, 29671
\nSumm ary:
\n1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and h er fiancé\;\, Violet Speedwell has become a "surplus woman\," one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood after the war killed so man y young men. Yet Violet cannot reconcile herself to a life spent caring fo r her grieving\, embittered mother. After countless meals of boiled eggs a nd 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. Th ere\, Violet is drawn into a society of broderers--women who embroider kne elers for the Cathedral\, carrying on a centuries-long tradition of bringi ng comfort to worshippers.
\nViolet finds support and community in t he group\, fulfillment in the work they create\, and even a growing friend ship with the vivacious Gilda. But when forces threaten her new independen ce 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.
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