“A Single Thread” proves a rather ironic title for the quiet tapestry that Tracy Chevalier has created in this novel set in 1932, in England, after the Great War. Violet Speedwell is a member of the ...

This line from Tracy Chevalier's new A Single Thread perfectly sums up a story about how a needle and the right stitch can change the course of a life. A Single Thread focuses on 38-year-old Violet ...

“A Single Thread” by Tracy Chevalier is a wonderful story filled with rich description. The story is set in Winchester, England in the early 1930s. Violet Speedwell is grieving the loss of her fiancé ...