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A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

2.0

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Thank you Viking Books for the free book. I really wanted to love this book, but the ending ruined it for me. Chevalier has done a phenomenal job researching 1930s England, bringing the world of embroidery and 'surplus women' to life. I also understand she was trying to write about women making radical decisions in a more restricted time in history. But I found the main character's decisions extremely off-putting, and there wasn't enough other good stuff to redeem it for me.