paulap 's review for:

A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

2.5

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This book is about violet, a spinster in between the two world wars that decides to work and live independently, and learns how to embroider in a group in the cathedral. It explores the pain of WWI and the fear of Hitler. It shows a feminist look at what it was to be a spinster, since there were many due to all the men that died at war. And it looks at women’s relationships and friendships in the embroidery group. It was ok, enjoyable but surface level.