{"product_id":"9780008153823","title":"A Single Thread","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViolet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiance and her brother and regarded by society as a 'surplus woman' unlikely to marry, resolves to escape her suffocating mother and strike out alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new life awaits her in Winchester. Yes, it is one of draughty boarding-houses and sidelong glances at her naked ring finger from younger colleagues; but it is also a life gleaming with independence and opportunity. Violet falls in with the broderers, a disparate group of women charged with embroidering kneelers for the Cathedral, and is soon entwined in their lives and their secrets. As the almost unthinkable threat of a second Great War appears on the horizon Violet collects a few secrets of her own that could just change everything...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Tracy+Chevalier\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eTracy Chevalier\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tracy Chevalier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377349607587,"sku":"9780008153823","price":330.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780008153823_2d07d26d-6518-406c-b501-65f5c0e3b3c5.jpg?v=1776447898","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780008153823","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}